What's your first Language?

Lissa · 07-15-2009, 01:32 PM

Mine is English first, BSL I guess is 2nd

Simown · 07-15-2009, 03:00 PM

English too, BSL second also (at a push)

LakeTahoe · 07-15-2009, 03:12 PM

Spoke in English (first word was a ball) and 2nd is ASL.

rockdrummer · 07-15-2009, 03:19 PM

my first language was babytalk and then I went to English

souggy · 07-15-2009, 04:03 PM

Spoken? Or written?

ASL, then English, then French and Dutch. Lost touch with my French/Dutch roots. I didn't learn how to speak until I was 8.

Daredevel7 · 07-15-2009, 04:13 PM

English, then Spanish, then ASL (just started this year). I'm losing my Spanish though..

Lissa · 07-15-2009, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simown

English too, BSL second also (at a push)

I don't do BSL much, it's mostly SSE rather than BSL

Bottesini · 07-15-2009, 04:35 PM

English! Followed by PSE, although I think that is really manually coded English, rather than a language.

pinkster · 07-15-2009, 04:42 PM

My first word was in ASL - NO!

So English is my second. However, English is my primary language as my thought process is in English, and I don't sign everyday.

Lissa · 07-15-2009, 05:03 PM

My thought process and written, spoken language is in English, but I dream in sign and sometimes my though processes change over to sign

Simown · 07-15-2009, 05:13 PM

What's SSE? Am I being stupid?

matlinfan1991 · 07-15-2009, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simown

What's SSE? Am I being stupid?

I think she meant SEE. Signed Exact English

***Jolie77*** · 07-15-2009, 05:26 PM

My first language is English and ASL is my second language.

Bottesini · 07-15-2009, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matlinfan1991

I think she meant SEE. Signed Exact English

No it is Sign Supported English.

Signing BSL & SSE

Lissa · 07-15-2009, 05:34 PM

Yeah, sorry I wasnt thinking i actually meant SSE!! Thanks Botts for pointing it out!

Simown · 07-15-2009, 05:34 PM

Ah right. I probably do that then.

JClarke · 07-15-2009, 06:11 PM

First is Auslan then english is my second language

Babyblue · 07-15-2009, 06:31 PM

English is my first language and ASL is my second language.

Hutt5asl · 07-15-2009, 06:53 PM

English is my 1st language. I'm learning my 2nd language, ASL, just this year... although I do more of a PSE right now... but I'm learning! LOL!

Everglade85 · 07-15-2009, 07:14 PM

English, though it often came hand in hand with ASL.

inmate23 · 07-15-2009, 07:26 PM

Oral english (oral deaf family), asl fingerspelling,
Learning
lsf (freach) figerspelling, cued speech

coolgirlspyer90 · 07-15-2009, 08:29 PM

I spoken english first then i learned plain english sign language. I might learn ASL... but i don't know yet.

dreama · 07-15-2009, 08:48 PM

I'm told my first word was actually french, Sosure (shoes). Or so I'm told. Then They tried to introduce me to english and I got totally confused and wouldn't speak at all. I'm afraid I never did master french and I'm only just learning tactile sign language.

pinkster · 07-15-2009, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeafLissa90

My thought process and written, spoken language is in English, but I dream in sign and sometimes my though processes change over to sign

Interesting

My dreams vary. I swear it feels like when I am deaf in my dreams; I dream in black and white. But when I am hearing in my dreams it is color. I try not to think too much about that it might mean, but it's SO odd.

shel90 · 07-15-2009, 10:02 PM

English and then ASL.

Jiro · 07-15-2009, 10:06 PM

my parents told me I spoke Korean as my first language but I have no memory of it. so with my memory - my first language is English... then Spanish.... and now ASL

sad thing is... I know Spanish far more than Korean. oh well

Bebonang · 07-15-2009, 11:02 PM

I did not speak until I was 9 years old. My first language was Oral English in the oral only mainstream elementary school. Later in the years after I graduated from high school, I learned SEE (Signed Exact English) and opened a door into the Deaf community and I was very happy. Few years later, I learned third language was ASL.

ID · 07-15-2009, 11:33 PM

I was taught both English and Korean but later opted for English.

krazykatkitty · 07-16-2009, 08:33 PM

Spoke in English first and NZSL/Australian Signed English is second.

***~SG~*** · 07-16-2009, 10:19 PM

English is my first language, New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) is second, American Sign Language (ASL) is third, Australian Sign Language (Auslan) is fourth and a bit of Maori Language (New Zealand Native Language) is fifth.

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rockdrummer Weapon of mass percussion Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Chicago area Posts: 4,090	my first language was babytalk and then I went to English

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souggy Ace Attorney Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 2,379	Spoken? Or written? ASL, then English, then French and Dutch. Lost touch with my French/Dutch roots. I didn't learn how to speak until I was 8.

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Daredevel7 Adrenaline Junky Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 1,937	English, then Spanish, then ASL (just started this year). I'm losing my Spanish though..

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pinkster ImNotLookingStopTalking! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Saint Paul, MN Posts: 236	My first word was in ASL - NO! So English is my second. However, English is my primary language as my thought process is in English, and I don't sign everyday.

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Simown std::cin >> Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The University of York, England Posts: 189	What's SSE? Am I being stupid? __________________

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Lissa Just me....Lissa Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,093 Blog Entries: 3	Yeah, sorry I wasnt thinking i actually meant SSE!! Thanks Botts for pointing it out! __________________ Left Ear Nucleus Freedom Implanted-October 25th 2000 Activation-November 28th 2000

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Simown std::cin >> Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The University of York, England Posts: 189	Ah right. I probably do that then. __________________

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JClarke Good times, good times. Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Packing bags for U.S.A Posts: 20,242 Blog Entries: 5	First is Auslan then english is my second language __________________

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Babyblue Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 7,539	English is my first language and ASL is my second language.

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Hutt5asl ASL Rocks!! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southern NJ Posts: 241	English is my 1st language. I'm learning my 2nd language, ASL, just this year... although I do more of a PSE right now... but I'm learning! LOL! __________________ Lauren My Videos / My Blog Please be patient with me... I'm still learning!

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Everglade85 Fiat Lux Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sac-town Posts: 122	English, though it often came hand in hand with ASL.

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inmate23 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: christchuch Posts: 161	Oral english (oral deaf family), asl fingerspelling, Learning lsf (freach) figerspelling, cued speech

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dreama deafblind vegan Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England Posts: 3,018	I'm told my first word was actually french, Sosure (shoes). Or so I'm told. Then They tried to introduce me to english and I got totally confused and wouldn't speak at all. I'm afraid I never did master french and I'm only just learning tactile sign language. __________________ I speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. http://www.fightfoca.com/

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Bebonang "Deaf Cree Militant" Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Manitoulin Island on Lake Huron in Canada Posts: 2,877	I did not speak until I was 9 years old. My first language was Oral English in the oral only mainstream elementary school. Later in the years after I graduated from high school, I learned SEE (Signed Exact English) and opened a door into the Deaf community and I was very happy. Few years later, I learned third language was ASL. __________________ I HAVE BEEN DEAF SINCE BIRTH, AND IT IS STILL AWESOME TO BE . <Deaf> <very happy>

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ID Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19	I was taught both English and Korean but later opted for English.

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*~SG~* Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Western Australia Posts: 5,304	English is my first language, New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) is second, American Sign Language (ASL) is third, Australian Sign Language (Auslan) is fourth and a bit of Maori Language (New Zealand Native Language) is fifth. __________________

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