Recent content by Daft

I'm really surprised people are saying they are having difficulty meeting people to sign with in Des Moines. Seems like there are always socials and Deaf activities going on.

A few years ago, I had found on Youtube a video by an elderly Deaf man which showed "old signs" and their corresponding "new signs". Totally fascinating. But recently I've not been able to find this video. I believe it was done by a gentleman named Ernest. Anyone familiar with this?

When I started to learn ASL, it was through a Continuing Adult Education class and I found out the instructor wasn't very good..... He taught a lot of mistakes. One day at work, took break on another floor and saw a group of deaf women. I walked up to the and signed, "Excuse. May I borrow...

I've always signed "sex" with an X-handshape tapping the check twice. Recently met two people and they used the sign I've always known as "f-ck" (two V-handshapes hitting together) for the word "sex". I was totally shocked. They told me the minister at their church uses this sign in church...

First of all, if your friend lives in Switzerland you will need to find out if he or she uses German Sign Language or Swiss German Sign Language. I believe there are five major dialects of Swiss German Sign Language. For learning German, you will definitely need to find an instructor to help...

I use the KISS methodology. KISS - Kept It Simple, Stupid. I think beginners make it more difficult for themselves. I don't mean they intentionally try to make it difficult. In the beginning, one sort of tenses up and doesn't want to "mess things up". After a while, one begins to become...

I really enjoy that the show actually discusses topics related to Deaf culture. There's a few topics which I wish the show would take on. They include: Bullying (especially deaf on deaf bullying) Gossip Deaf/Blind oralism/audism interpreters and certification deaf clubs physically-challenged...

Well, this is actually done by interpreters or hearing students learning ASL. The problem I have with some of these videos is that they say they are in ASL, but they really aren't. If you are going to advertise that the video is using ASL - then use ASL. If you are going to use PSE, then tell...

Have you ever watched any YouTube videos of pop songs in ASL? Have you noticed that about 90% of them are either crappy? Actually, it's more like they are signing in English word order but using ASL signs. Some of them actually use the wrong signs. However, I think some of the ASL...

I've had a gradual hearing loss my entire life. In fact, my mom had a significant hearing loss and almost all my siblings have hearing loss. I don't wearing HAs and would never get CIs. With hearing people, I rely on lip reading and using as much residual hearing as I have. Some people...

I was curious. Legally, can an employeer require someone to wear a hearing aid? Are they even legally able to bring up the subject?

The best tip for practicing fingerspelling is what Reba gave. Practice letter combinations. But let me expand on this a bit. Try a letter combination of one word. Just keep practicing this combination until it feels comfortable, smooth, and most importantly - easy for you to recognize...

The first time I heard this joke, the fan in Jesus' office was George Bush's fan.

There are lots of regional signs for birthday. Here, one signs birth and then day. Several years ago, went to a party and someone from out of state did the sign touching chin and chest with middle finger. No one had seen the party before and thought it looked strange. Now I see it more often...

I guess you need to re-read the post. Nowhere did it say either sign is wrong. It explained how a SEE sign is now accepted as ASL. ASL is evolving.