ASL Learning Experience 1

[deafornot8]

I just start to learn ASL recently, am hard of hearing. I can sign some simple words now. I joined a great deaf daing site, ----Deafornot dot c om----, and met some good deaf/HOH friends over there. They help me to learn ASL.

[Regiment4Mac]

I'd kill myself if you were my son.

[bwahaha201]

shit your hot. i'd hook you up.

[bwahaha201]

lmfao you just farted thats so fucking funny . omg im cracking up

[patsaxon]

I was born deaf and back in the 1960's when I attended the school for the deaf, they would not teach sign language as educators wanted the deaf to learn to talk and read lips. At the age of 8, I had surgery to recover most of my hearing and later in life I started taking courses in ASL. I then learned about deaf culture and sadly I also learned how my right was taken away to learn to sign as a deaf child.

[SasoriNoDannaLova]

Thanks for this :) im so behind in years in this and your videos are catching me up!

[Medicalphiliac]

Did you fart at 3:58? lol thats awesome!

[Chadoacdc]

To clarify my own clarification: "aunt" is done wrong, but I forgot to say, that the hand is slightly away from the face. An alternative sign is to quiver the "a" hand near the lower chin area. The "a" motion he uses here, is a variaton of "apple", and if he had crooked his forefinger it would become "make-up" These are slight changes, but even a slight change can change the entire conceptual meaning of a word.

[Chadoacdc]

to be fair, though, the rest of the signs are correct... (just didn't want to be a negative nelly), lol.

[Chadoacdc]

"aunt" is done wrong, he is actually signing a variation of "apple", "aunt" takes a circular hand motion. Be careful to get your hand motions correct, and don't rely on only one source when studying any subject... (that's a piece of advice a deaf friend of mine gave to me, so now I'm giving it to you.)

[Chadoacdc]

Clarification: I just want to point out, that when he says "English Sign Language" he is mis-speaking, he is actually referring to "Signed Exact English." The term "English Sign Language" can refer to "British Sign Language."

[tomtrumpeter]

Am I supposed to be mirroring you, or using my right hand for your right hand, or does it not matter? Thanks for posting this :)

[spykexboi]

@tomtrumpeter haha... it all depends on your dominant hand (if you're right handed.... use your right hand, and vice versa! :-) Hope this helped.

[Reyasqueroso87]

LSQ stands for "langue des signes quebecoises" which stands for "language of signing of Quebec"

[adorablyawkward]

im sorry, 3:59 , he totally farted lol

[roadolive]

Ohh the facial expressions make total sense. I don't know ASL (yet!) but I could understand where those different facial expressions just for "no" could be used.

[ELtheGeneral]

You rule!

[yaiigreenrloon]

Dude, you rock. Thanks for actually taking your time to introduce the world to American Sign Language. :)

[frankisbored]

hah..you're hella cute...but I love the way you explain things! everyone else i've came across suck.

[maliakaia]

Spykebox,

Thanks for posting these videos. I love them and learn so much from you! Please keep them coming!

[claudiandjames1]

Awesome! Keep on making momre videos for us! thanks =)

[nilaSLPS]

thank you guy! :)

kiss from spain!

[stang4lyfe07]

i didn't realize facial expressions were so important... but every video I watch mentions them... makes sense I suppose thanx for the video

[rls4363]

this is a compliment.. you look like Andy Samberg from saturday night live.. he's a cutie and so are u

[Zadinak]

I love how you explain it in terms that a beginner can really understand! The 4 different no's were great for understanding facial expressions and their significance.

[Arron1313]

Quebec Sign Language, known in French as Langue des signes québécoise (LSQ), is a sign language used in Canada. Most LSQ users are located in Quebec, but a few are scattered in major cities in the rest of the country.

[jera372]

Good job.

[WaterFor3st]

:D.

[xxxxxforbiddenxxxxx]

If I could just make a suggesstion. Whn showing signs, in between can you pause for a lil just so we can attempt it right after you show it. Other than that your vids are awsome!

[skateasian]

dude, you're awesome!

[norlack89]

lsq is basicaly for french people in quebec. and is slightly different for boys and girls weirdly enough.

[xXVoiceOfThePeopleXx]

Thanks a lot, this video really helped, I'm going to watch your other videos(=. KEEP IT UP!

[sillypizzza]

wow, that helped me alot...thanks! and it was the 1st time i saw ur real name! Gary!!!! thanks Gary for the Learning Experince!!!

[MrsEee]

lol Even in sign language men are above, but women below!!! he,he...

[spykexboi]

lmfao so true!!!!!

[lillost]

Hey! uncool! lol

[WaterFor3st]

haha

[bluesette82]

The reason why men are above is because in olden times the men wore hats with a brim.

Women wore bonnets tied under their chins, therefore

Brim= top part of the face

bonnet strings= bottom part of the face

[spykexboi]

hahaha hey thats pretty cool!! I didnt even know that!

[bluesette82]

Well, you learn something new every day ;) I learned that fact in a book on ASL.

And, I'm learning a lot from your videos + other ASL videos....so thanks for making them.

[Bill70808]

A guy named Gallaudet (and I had to look up the spelling of this guy's last name) developed the ASL (american sign language. In ASL they don't used the be verbs also.

[jenloesem]

u are really nice thanks for posting now i can learn it faster

:)

[observingeyes]

Thanks for the intro. I'm interested to learn more about deaf culture.

[Fade2blonde]

When you teach us, can you please do it slowly. I know I can pause alot, but it's nice to just see it slowly, so I dont have to keep pausing the videos. Thanks!

looking forward to learning hun.

[niceflower22]

COOL .

COULD YOU SIGN

INCONSOLABLE ?

[niceflower22]

i'll watch this latter k promise

i have to go to bed now lol.