I ought to know this by now..

[Frisky Feline]

I'm cold.... a hug to warm me up?

um. Here is your ((((warm hugs))))).

 

[society's_child]

There's another phrase I've learned, and that's one of the things I came here for, to learn.

Thank you Society's Child for the original question!

No problem. Hey, we all help each other.

 

[society's_child]

um. Here is your ((((warm hugs))))).

Awww, tell me you didn't just hug him. He's so spoiled...make him work for it!

 

[Frisky Feline]

Awww, tell me you didn't just hug him. He's so spoiled...make him work for it!

True but it makes him more craving for more hugs since online hug giving him is not enough.

 

[Bramus]

yup Dunkin' Donut. What coffee you prefer than?

even McD's is better than DD

 

[society's_child]

even McD's is better than DD

I must respectfully disagree.

 

[Mountain Man]

I know the sign for next, and i know the sign for year, but I think the way i've been doing it really isn't true ASL.

For what it's worth, I have seen some native Deaf sign it exactly that way.

 

[society's_child]

For what it's worth, I have seen some native Deaf sign it exactly that way.

Seems so very english to me. If native deaf do it then it can't be too big a deal. I'm just trying to get away from PSE and gravitate towards more ASL.

 

[Berry]

You will never get away from PSE. There will always be people around whose knowledge is limited. Some of them do not have a clue how much they do not know. There are people out there who know more signs than I do, but have no clue about topicalization, classifiers, or placement, let alone morphemes (And there is a lot I don't know about morphemes) but they are totally unaware these things exist.

And just because a person was born deaf does not mean they know these things. Many born deaf people have not been exposed to ASL until they were adults.

Personally I've almost never been around D/deaf without at least one hearie present, which means I SimCom, and it doesn't matter what you do one language or the other or both suffer when you SimCom. But if you don't SimCom who do you leave out?

I applaud you for always staying as close to ASL as you can.

One way you can begin is to use ASL classifiers when describing things to hearies: They will understand better than when using English words alone.

 

[society's_child]

You will never get away from PSE. There will always be people around whose knowledge is limited. Some of them do not have a clue how much they do not know. There are people out there who know more signs than I do, but have no clue about topicalization, classifiers, or placement, let alone morphemes (And there is a lot I don't know about morphemes) but they are totally unaware these things exist.

And just because a person was born deaf does not mean they know these things. Many born deaf people have not been exposed to ASL until they were adults.

Personally I've almost never been around D/deaf without at least one hearie present, which means I SimCom, and it doesn't matter what you do one language or the other or both suffer when you SimCom. But if you don't SimCom who do you leave out?

I applaud you for always staying as close to ASL as you can.

One way you can begin is to use ASL classifiers when describing things to hearies: They will understand better than when using English words alone.

I'm really, really BAD at SimCom...either my signing sucks or my english comes out jumbled.

Anyway, thanks for the advice. I set high standards for myself, as you can see.