It's always good to learn & know all the different signs that actually mean the same thing, So when someone else signs it differently, We will still know what their signing & still be able to comprehend the conversations.
Thank you. I needed this video So Much! This channel is absolutely helpful but this is a reminder that ultimately ASL has a relational purpose, to speak with living people, not just theoretical rules and knowledge (though they can be very helpful).
I used to work at a coffee shop with a woman who was deaf. I tried to learn sign language, so I could communicate with her, which I must admit, was incredibly difficult. I learned the sign for coffee, which, as you know, looks like you're hand-grinding coffee. She would use this same sign to refer to the bar where lattes were made. To me, those are very different things, but looking back, there was no one there to communicate a different sign for the different items, and maybe she just threw it into a general category. It's frustrating that I never got good enough to really communicate with her, but I've learned so much about the deaf community as a result. It's a shame ASL isn't taught to everyone at the elementary school level. Deaf people are very much left out of our society because we can't communicate using their language. I know that there aren't even many deaf individuals who are able to sign, and I think that would change if it were made more universal.
I’m going to a Deaf Coffee Chat tomorrow for an assignment in my high school ASL 1 class, and what I’ve learned from the class and from you’re channel have both helped me and will definitely be of good use tomorrow night!
Thank you for that information! 😊 My daughter was learning to sign a song 🎶 for sign language class in school, and she was frustrated that each video she watched, they would sign certain words differently. 😤 And she would ask me which one is right? 🤔 And I had no idea!?! 🤷🏼♀️ Now I can tell her that it can vary depending on the region, kind of like an accent. 😉
I had such curiosity anout sign language across the globe. I'm learning ASL because we are getting people who are deaf/mute and not a lot of people in the office that know and/or understand ASL.
Hey, could you do a video that covers a lot of different C-shape words? I get them so confused because they feel so arbitrary -- just put the C-hand here and shake it like this and it means Computer or Cookie or Church or Cooking or whatever. I'm typically pretty good with forming mnemonics and ASL has a lot of non-arbitrary parts (compared to spoken languages), but these signs in particular just don't seem to stick. Would love to see similar signs compare-and-contrasted so that I can finally get them straight in my head! Ideally you'd also contrast them with what the same location means without a letter-sign. Like, tapping fists together is Work, and maybe I can tie the C version done in similar fashion (tapping C on fist) to "work" in a mnemonic.
I keep seeing the asl learning and the native asl communities arguing over wrong signing. I’m glad I came across this video. I’m from the south east. I know signs will be different here. So now I see why people are saying become a part of the asl community in your area.
I've started learning through an app that's really great.. but as soon as I turn on youtube and see different instructors and videos.. I begin to feel like I have to 're-learn' a lot of it again.
Im from Guatemala and we have the same situation bc in south of the country we have a lot tourist so the show different signs so in the City we signs different but we understand it
That’s great and it’s an awesome video but it really deterred me from learning any more asl. I learned Japanese and it was easier than asl. The fact that there are several signs for the same word across the country is daunting. I struggle with anxiety ptsd and depression. I do not need people making fun of me for using the wrong sign. This was good to know because at least I won’t waste my time learning only to find out I have to learn what all regions use. Maybe I will go learn German or something 😊
When I was in college, I took a semester of ASL, because all I had ever learned to do is fingerspell. The instructor was a CODA, and was a bit of a purist and kind of a gatekeeper. In the first week of class, we were doing the "get to know you," background stuff and I said I learned how to fingerspell when I was little, and started to demonstrate. I got to E and she was like, "That is wrong! It's a screeching E!" Followed by a brief rant about Hearing people getting it wrong, and concluding with, "Who taught you that?" And I replied, "My Deaf aunt." She really seemed to wish that her outburst hadn't happened in front of the whole class at that point. She tried to make me sign the E her way, but there was no changing 20 years of habit. So I still do it "wrong," and I have seen many other Deaf people do it "screeching" too. I didn't end up continuing with it, largely because of her. Note: I never learned to sign properly from my aunt because she and my uncle split up when I was 7 and so what little bit I learned from her and my cousin, I forgot, and my uncle was Hearing and only signed with them.
WOW. I didn't know that there were millions of ways to sign language in a different way. With "can't" I did that sign. Look how they came up with "COVID" and text or playing video games. Each technology or disease changes every year and I know when I was little I was signing chicken and then pox (as pointing on arm with flicking popcorn) as chick pox. It's was crazy how things change over the past year. I even gave my daughter this site so she can brush up her sign language again.
Where I work, many Hearing learn a few signs for my Deaf coworker, but they tend to learn them without the finesse, and the sign for "Paper" they do forward, like "Clean-up". My Deaf coworker even tried to gaslight me about this, as well as the Hearing coworker who she tends to write back/forth with, as she doesn't know sign. I learned from Bill Vicars who teaches most variations, learning 28 months, and I've seen where I work, how that alteration came about, Hearing coworkers' rigidity gets in the way so they do it badly, and my Deaf coworker capitulated.
I borrow a lot of signs for Italian cities from Italian Sign because my Deaf school had a partnership with a deaf school there. And, I sign birthday p close to what you do, but different movement. Deaf plus - with Parkinson’s cerebral palsy MS and degenerative conditions of the joint’s will have different styles b/c brains and bodies work different.
Interesting! I took Level 1 ASL with Sign Language Center, my teacher was Deaf and she told that hearing impaired was a term in the 1800s and that the people who created the term didn’t know it was offensive, still, the term is no longer used. I find the term offensive and I personally got very angry when one of my COMHAB Workers said that had a hearing impairment. Also, I asked my teacher how to sign “French” in ASL so, I could show my best friend (who I met at an African-American Heritage Festival) who was unable to take the class with me because we met through sign language since I was mute when I met him but, found another way to communicate with me!
I knew about sign language when I watched the movie Dawn of the planet of the apes. Will you make a video about the signs used by the apes in this movie in future ?
Recently saw a 3rd sign for the word "grace". Definitely confusing for those of us just learning. Noticed your articulating hand on the shelf. Ordered one to help teach my grandson, but it couldn't make all the letters. Can you recommend one that can?
Ive been wanting to learn asl for quite some time and I came across your videos the most. They are so helpful and informative, thank you! I do have a question though, does asl change the meaning or grammar for those who are left hand, right hand or even Ambidextral? Cause I tend to be both although I use my right hand for writing only.
Videos are helpful, but I recommend practicing with people who are Deaf. They are the best to learn from because it is their language. Some Starbucks have deaf chat, an informal gathering of Deaf and folks learning ASL. When I attended deaf chats, I found that Deaf were welcoming and helpful because they knew I was learning ASL. Additionally, there are different meet up groups, deaf plays with voice interpretation, college courses, and many other avenues to practice. Go online to find one you might like and then try it. Enjoy your learning curve.
Man talk about mean girls😂 Northern and Midwest folks: you want some pop?? Southerners: Gretchen stop tryin to make pop happen!!! It's not going to happen,!!!
I have a question. I've been watching your content for about a year or so, and I love it. I find it really easy to remember the signs. However, I have a disability that involves involuntary muscle spasms, and in ASL, I think that would be considered a stutter because I can't use both hands when I'm having an attack. What would your advice be?
I heard that you are fluent in ASL when you know all 26 signs but, if language keeps changing as our world keeps changing, is there REALLY such a thing as being fluent in the language? 🤷🏾♀️🤔
It's always good to learn & know all the different signs that actually mean the same thing,
So when someone else signs it differently,
We will still know what their signing & still be able to comprehend the conversations.
You've always been superb with your vids, but now you're simply AMAZING. I LOVE IT
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I really enjoyed this! I love learning ASL, but with that comes a love for learning the culture and background behind ASL. Thank you, Meredith!
Meredith is my favorite asl teacher/interpreter.
Thank you. I needed this video So Much! This channel is absolutely helpful but this is a reminder that ultimately ASL has a relational purpose, to speak with living people, not just theoretical rules and knowledge (though they can be very helpful).
YES!!!
This was and is needed! I learned when I was much younger and boy how signs have changed since then.
I used to work at a coffee shop with a woman who was deaf. I tried to learn sign language, so I could communicate with her, which I must admit, was incredibly difficult. I learned the sign for coffee, which, as you know, looks like you're hand-grinding coffee. She would use this same sign to refer to the bar where lattes were made. To me, those are very different things, but looking back, there was no one there to communicate a different sign for the different items, and maybe she just threw it into a general category. It's frustrating that I never got good enough to really communicate with her, but I've learned so much about the deaf community as a result. It's a shame ASL isn't taught to everyone at the elementary school level. Deaf people are very much left out of our society because we can't communicate using their language. I know that there aren't even many deaf individuals who are able to sign, and I think that would change if it were made more universal.
I’m going to a Deaf Coffee Chat tomorrow for an assignment in my high school ASL 1 class, and what I’ve learned from the class and from you’re channel have both helped me and will definitely be of good use tomorrow night!
Wow. Thanks so much. I always was aware of regional variations in spoken language. I speak several. I had never applied that concept to ASL. 😊
Thank you for that information! 😊 My daughter was learning to sign a song 🎶 for sign language class in school, and she was frustrated that each video she watched, they would sign certain words differently. 😤 And she would ask me which one is right? 🤔 And I had no idea!?! 🤷🏼♀️ Now I can tell her that it can vary depending on the region, kind of like an accent. 😉
I ❤ your videos!
SOOOOOOO INFORMATIVE!!! 💎💎
I had such curiosity anout sign language across the globe. I'm learning ASL because we are getting people who are deaf/mute and not a lot of people in the office that know and/or understand ASL.
Hey, could you do a video that covers a lot of different C-shape words? I get them so confused because they feel so arbitrary -- just put the C-hand here and shake it like this and it means Computer or Cookie or Church or Cooking or whatever. I'm typically pretty good with forming mnemonics and ASL has a lot of non-arbitrary parts (compared to spoken languages), but these signs in particular just don't seem to stick. Would love to see similar signs compare-and-contrasted so that I can finally get them straight in my head!
Ideally you'd also contrast them with what the same location means without a letter-sign. Like, tapping fists together is Work, and maybe I can tie the C version done in similar fashion (tapping C on fist) to "work" in a mnemonic.
I keep seeing the asl learning and the native asl communities arguing over wrong signing. I’m glad I came across this video. I’m from the south east. I know signs will be different here. So now I see why people are saying become a part of the asl community in your area.
it'a kinda like accents i imagine. like how someone from southern america (like florida) sounds dif from someone in northern america (like new york).
SALAAM ALYKUMA THANKS MY TEACHER 🎉🎉🎉
I've started learning through an app that's really great.. but as soon as I turn on youtube and see different instructors and videos.. I begin to feel like I have to 're-learn' a lot of it again.
Im from Guatemala and we have the same situation bc in south of the country we have a lot tourist so the show different signs so in the City we signs different but we understand it
INTRO CUTE, VIDEO INFORMATIVE. Sometimes I think the word pop sounds like the ASL slang PAH. Thank you always for your work to help us improve.
You are so welcome!
I truly enjoyed this video, very informative and interesting.
That’s great and it’s an awesome video but it really deterred me from learning any more asl. I learned Japanese and it was easier than asl. The fact that there are several signs for the same word across the country is daunting. I struggle with anxiety ptsd and depression. I do not need people making fun of me for using the wrong sign. This was good to know because at least I won’t waste my time learning only to find out I have to learn what all regions use. Maybe I will go learn German or something 😊
Love your videos you have helped me so much😁
When I was in college, I took a semester of ASL, because all I had ever learned to do is fingerspell. The instructor was a CODA, and was a bit of a purist and kind of a gatekeeper. In the first week of class, we were doing the "get to know you," background stuff and I said I learned how to fingerspell when I was little, and started to demonstrate. I got to E and she was like, "That is wrong! It's a screeching E!" Followed by a brief rant about Hearing people getting it wrong, and concluding with, "Who taught you that?" And I replied, "My Deaf aunt." She really seemed to wish that her outburst hadn't happened in front of the whole class at that point. She tried to make me sign the E her way, but there was no changing 20 years of habit. So I still do it "wrong," and I have seen many other Deaf people do it "screeching" too. I didn't end up continuing with it, largely because of her.
Note: I never learned to sign properly from my aunt because she and my uncle split up when I was 7 and so what little bit I learned from her and my cousin, I forgot, and my uncle was Hearing and only signed with them.
WOW. I didn't know that there were millions of ways to sign language in a different way. With "can't" I did that sign. Look how they came up with "COVID" and text or playing video games. Each technology or disease changes every year and I know when I was little I was signing chicken and then pox (as pointing on arm with flicking popcorn) as chick pox. It's was crazy how things change over the past year. I even gave my daughter this site so she can brush up her sign language again.
Where I work, many Hearing learn a few signs for my Deaf coworker, but they tend to learn them without the finesse, and the sign for "Paper" they do forward, like "Clean-up". My Deaf coworker even tried to gaslight me about this, as well as the Hearing coworker who she tends to write back/forth with, as she doesn't know sign. I learned from Bill Vicars who teaches most variations, learning 28 months, and I've seen where I work, how that alteration came about, Hearing coworkers' rigidity gets in the way so they do it badly, and my Deaf coworker capitulated.
I have a question, why do I have to use my dominant hand? Can't I use any that to sign?
I borrow a lot of signs for Italian cities from Italian Sign because my Deaf school had a partnership with a deaf school there. And, I sign birthday p close to what you do, but different movement. Deaf plus - with Parkinson’s cerebral palsy MS and degenerative conditions of the joint’s will have different styles b/c brains and bodies work different.
Hello, could you, tell me what would be the differencse for Canada region? Thank you I love your chanel!
same
Great video.
Interesting! I took Level 1 ASL with Sign Language Center, my teacher was Deaf and she told that hearing impaired was a term in the 1800s and that the people who created the term didn’t know it was offensive, still, the term is no longer used. I find the term offensive and I personally got very angry when one of my COMHAB Workers said that had a hearing impairment.
Also, I asked my teacher how to sign “French” in ASL so, I could show my best friend (who I met at an African-American Heritage Festival) who was unable to take the class with me because we met through sign language since I was mute when I met him but, found another way to communicate with me!
I want to see more shopping signs
I don’t think it’s weird to say “pop” to refer to soda….lol but here in nyc I’ve always heard pop to refer to a father. Like my “pop” or my “pa”
I knew about sign language when I watched the movie Dawn of the planet of the apes. Will you make a video about the signs used by the apes in this movie in future ?
Thx
Recently saw a 3rd sign for the word "grace".
Definitely confusing for those of us just learning.
Noticed your articulating hand on the shelf. Ordered one to help teach my grandson, but it couldn't make all the letters. Can you recommend one that can?
"Asl, has accents."
"WHAT-"
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Ive been wanting to learn asl for quite some time and I came across your videos the most. They are so helpful and informative, thank you! I do have a question though, does asl change the meaning or grammar for those who are left hand, right hand or even Ambidextral? Cause I tend to be both although I use my right hand for writing only.
No, which hand you use does not change the meaning of the word. But...try not to switch in between hands, that gets confusing for other people.
ihad my captions on and it said fighting style instead of signing style
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How do I fully learn ASL from videos
Videos are helpful, but I recommend practicing with people who are Deaf. They are the best to learn from because it is their language. Some Starbucks have deaf chat, an informal gathering of Deaf and folks learning ASL. When I attended deaf chats, I found that Deaf were welcoming and helpful because they knew I was learning ASL. Additionally, there are different meet up groups, deaf plays with voice interpretation, college courses, and many other avenues to practice. Go online to find one you might like and then try it. Enjoy your learning curve.
THIS!
@@LearnHowtoSign You are so funny, Meredith ✌🏼
Man talk about mean girls😂
Northern and Midwest folks: you want some pop??
Southerners: Gretchen stop tryin to make pop happen!!! It's not going to happen,!!!
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🎉🎉🎉🎉
🥰👏🏼👏🏼
POP
I have a question. I've been watching your content for about a year or so, and I love it. I find it really easy to remember the signs. However, I have a disability that involves involuntary muscle spasms, and in ASL, I think that would be considered a stutter because I can't use both hands when I'm having an attack. What would your advice be?
I heard that you are fluent in ASL when you know all 26 signs but, if language keeps changing as our world keeps changing, is there REALLY such a thing as being fluent in the language? 🤷🏾♀️🤔