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How to Make Learning Sign Easier. I've come across a really good little Kindle booklet on Amazon which looks at ways of compartmentalising signs and therefore making learning much easier. I wish I had had this book when I started learning sign language back in 1985. It's called 'Sign Language...

Hi, I don't know if it is different in the United States but, in England, the numbers are definitely signed with the palms closest to the signer's body (i.e. in).

Hi, I'm new on this site and, like Speedy Hawk, I'm from England. Yes, sign does have regional differences and, because sign was once prohibited (a meeting in Milan in 1880 or 1890), children learnt to sign in the schoolyard, hence the regional difference. So born deaf people can tell which...

Hi, I've been involved in the British deaf (with a big 'D') community for twenty years and it has to be accepted that their culture is very different from ours. It's more direct. Or is it that we (the others) tend to pussy foot? Hmm .... . Lottie.

Hi there. I'm English and got to stage III with BSL. It was a wonderful experience, so the best of luck to you! Lottie.

I've just joined today and am looking around the site. Oh, I do hope you did contact your amazing Aunt. I'm sure you will both have benefitted from it. Lottie.

Hi folks, I've just joined this forum today. I worked in the English deaf community for twenty years and I continue my interest in all issues relating to hearing loss, hearing impairment and profound deafness. Please be gentle with me! Lottie.