Recent content by BecLak

Tell me about it - As careful as I try to be, there have been a number of times where hearing family members have pulled me out from the path of an oncoming car.

Hi, This is an All Deaf Forum, so the majority here are either D/deaf or HoH. It is also a community forum, so all of us have varied life stories which can be found throughout the forum. If you scroll through each thread you will find the answer to all your questions. Happy Reading.

Since my hair is also short, I would shampoo it over again and comb/brush it out. TPBM: Have you ever gone to pay for something and not had the money on you? What happened then?

I have lived in many countries over the span of my life emerging in several different cultures and languages. Drawing from my own experience, arriving into a new country, culture, language etc., you are better received and welcomed as a newcomer when you respect the people who are born and bred...

I dont believe you can draw comparisons or 'levels' between written and spoken English. There are many fluent English 'speakers' who can't understand or 'get' poetry or Shakespeare but are still considered fluent in English. There are many who are fluent in English Arts and Literature who are...

(FYI, I make teddy bears by hand)

Im in those situations a lot. I dont get embarrassed, more frustrated and sometimes indignant. I get tired of having to excuse or explain myself. I wish it were more visible to save me from wasted explanations, because no matter how much you explain yourself it vaporises into nothing and you...

One major downside of Speech to text apps is that each person needs to have the app to use it at its best.

ASL, BSL, Auslan, NZSL etc are all signed languages. Its purely common sense: As it is with any language spoken or otherwise, signed languages are processed in the mind the same way. Its not rocket science and certainly not any alien or superpower. Get real.

I miss her so much

Manilla, Philippines is the craziest city Ive ever been in. TPBM: If you had a choice, what country in the world would you live in?

My pet peeve is Hearing inerpreters trying to change our language and not embracing Deaf Culture within the church. Thats what offends the most. Also, in Australia there is no full Auslan Bible. Only selections of verses.

Wait...smartphone almost has it but not quite

A automated portable personal language translator and real-time captioning device in one

Yes definitely, but Ive learned to be content with my own company, rather than being frustrated all the time in the company of hearing people. Though I welcome every opportunity to be with other Deaf and chat in Sign Language.