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  1. horsegal

    deaf/hearing... and INTERPRETER

    Hey there! I am hearing and have been in a relationship with a Deaf man for about 2 years now. Things are going great! I have become much more fluent in ASL, and we will both graduate college in May. I will then go on to be an interpreter. The most recent thing that has come up is, when he...
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    What about relatives?

    I am learning ASL for my niece, who is 7 and Deaf, but is mainstreamed. She does not sign much now (ironically enough, I know more now than she does because her parents aren't keen on the idea of her learning sign) but I finally convinced them to take her to ASL classes at our local residential...
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    thinking visually?

    Hey there! I am an interpreting student. I have a few Deaf friends and that is helping my ASL skills progress, but the thing I am most struggling to overcome is to stop attaching English words to my signs. I was recently watching a video by Austin Andrews on youtube, whose signing is very pure...
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    Date ideas?

    I may have fallen head over heels for a fantastic man, who happens to be Deaf. He went out once with me, along with a group of friends who all sign, it was his first time being out with hearing folks. I don't know if he'd even be INTERESTED in me.. I don't sign fluently but I am practicing every...
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    Deaf norms

    This may be a silly question, asking about something that probably comes quite natural for someone who lives in the culture, but I noticed as I went out with a Deaf friend for the first time.. there is a LOT of eye contact. I am completely OK with it while signing, I've taught myself to ignore...
  6. horsegal

    ASL songs?

    Hey there! I am an ASL student. I want to practice my signing with music -- not post it on youtube or whatever, but just sign for my own personal enjoyment. I hope to interpret someday, if I end up being good enough. But for now I just enjoy signing and learning about Deaf culture. My question...
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