Recent content by MMcC

Welcome to AllDeaf. Members here are all ages and all countries. I hope you will find friends here so that you will feel you have a place to socialize. Let us know what you need and we will try to help.

And isn't it interesting how many native signers DID come to answer his question? Also looks like GreySaturn doesn't say he is deaf until the 8th post. But thanks for your help Bots.

But the story was about a deaf man who woke up one morning and all the hearing people he encounters on a daily basis communicated with him in his language, Sign Language. It is not about the Deaf isolating themselves behind locked gates and living in their own world, or creating their own town...

What a shocking surprise this would be! Isn't it every ASL user's fantasy? http://www.roseynews.com/this-deaf-man-bursted-into-tears-in-public-why-an-incredible-surprise/

Sorry for the double post. That story made me cry. Must have double clicked something.

I missed where you said you were deaf. Sorry about that. You absolutely know what I was trying to say. The discussion about what it means to be Deaf is very interesting to me. I love what you said..."I feel like the all deaf people who have a different language like a different religions and...

Nic is absolutely right. If ASL is a second lanuage, you will need to learn how to shut off your brain's voice. Unless you are doing ASL-to-voice interpreting, don't think in English. In Nic's example, the color of grass is fingerspelled "G" wiggled in front of your dominant arm. In your...

What, exactly, are you scared of? Are you afraid you might sign incorrectly? I've seen fluent ASL users have to respell words, or improperly sign something. It happens to every user of every language. Don't let fear keep you on the sidelines. I will give you one more piece of advice...don't try...

It depends on context, but you can use the sign for "regular", or the sign for "natural/normal".

Hi kdcreech, I'm Michael and I'm hearing. I learned ASL as a child and recently brought my skills back. Do you have skype? Are you male or female? Welcome of AllDeaf!

In many cases, the person leading the meeting has an "Executive Assistant" (read that as Secretary). You could ask that there be someone assigned to take minutes of the meeting...or...you could record the meeting with a digital recorder and then have the recording transcribed. The recorded...

The poster's name is Molly... not the dog. The dog is Maggie, and fingerspelling Maggie is not really going to get the dog's attention if that is her goal.

I sign to my dog all of the time. He understands the ASL signs for walk, sit, stay, come-on, sleep and play. He may understand others, but since nothing else really matters to him, I can't really tell. How about this for a name sign: M-W-M-W-M-W-M (fast). The movement should get her...

If you are learning ASL, or any language for that matter, conversing with others is vitally important. I found my receprive skills very weak at first. Native ASL users sign very differently than instructors, videos and textbooks. I would advise anyone reading this post to get out there and learn...

Before you go to see the ENT, you should write down all of the questions and observations that you have. If you do this, you will have something to rely on when you feel the "white coat" syndrome. You can even tell the ENT that you wrote stuff down and you want responses to the things on your...