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.
is the sign of "believe" similar with the sign of "want" ? bcause i see in other video that the signer sign "want" just like this signer when she signs "believe"
@xyz12345660 she's actually singing "want" when the word "believe" is sung. She interprets the lyrics "I'd like to make myself believe" as BELIEVE I WANT
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.
@lineduse the great thing about interpreting is that each interpretation can be unique and different, depending on the signer (and if the signs are accurate). These signs ARE accurate. Though if you were going to perform a song in ASL you should try and interpret it yourself instead of using someone elses' interpretation.
ive been teaching myself asl all through 8th grade on my own just becuz i think its amazing i dont know any deaf people though and now im takin a class in high school and i would just like to say i wish allballybabe could be my teacher :D
I am a person in a wheelchair so i know a little bit about being disabled and i am trying to learn asl so i can understand some of my friends who sign.
My only wish is that the video was better quality. You did a fabulous job, and this is my favorite rendition of the song in ASL yet - keep up the awesome work! You're definitely a huge inspiration.
@SarahBrennan7 Practice fingerspelling everywhere you go, as you drive, as you listen to the radio, watch tv, whenever you see a sign or whatever, and believe me, you WILL be as fast as she was when she spelled "fireflies" at :40. Practice, practice, practice. :)
@jenisacutiepie I sign more on the weekends, or when I'm bored. I can drive in a year, but I don't think that signing while driving is too safe. Lol. I sign to my friend, she's deaf. We usually can carry out a 10 minute conversation if she signs slow so I can understand. Or sometimes we just say "hi" or "how are you?" when we pass each other in the halls.
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@deafornot4 >A person who embraces ASL as their primary language will be considered a member of the Deaf community.
As a CODA... No. Not really. You can't be Deaf without being deaf... You can be a friend of the Deaf community, but even though I'm a CODA, and an interpreter, I am still not a true member of the Deaf community, because when it comes down to it, I CAN PHYSICALLY HEAR. I wondered all my life what its like for my dad, but I will never REALLY know total silence as he does.
@1RavynSkye While working for Gallaudet University in Washington DC, I have met hearing people who are considered to be part of the Deaf community. It does happen that a hearing person who is so involved with the Deaf Community is referred to as deaf and considered to be part of the Deaf community.
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I love it! Your sign is SO expressive. I have watched others who have very blank expressions. Is there an ASL dictionary? They add new words all the time to Websters. How often are new signs/words added to the ASL or any other for that matter?
im in costa rica and im learning asl and my friend's mother teaches at a deaf school. I already knew some costa rican sign language and then started learning asl and i was like "woah, i didn't think their would be a big difference ." Well, yep there was XD
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A person who embraces ASL as their primary language will be considered a member of the Deaf community. I find many deaf friends on a Deaf dating site ----Deafornot dot c om---- Good luck to them!!!
@BlueIrisKiller1331 no she is not deaf. if you go to her channel she describes how she is totally hearing and she just started signing when she was in middle school. so ya. and also she has other video's where she teaches you how to sign the song while she is singing and talking at the same time.
@Rustycode89 ohh. ive seen people that didnt. and im on a drama team and we never did gloss. I know alot of sign language but i dont know how to gloss.
@Dekitaa1 oh well its pretty much just reversing the sentence and such but uh you guys must have just said the song or sentence like it is and that's what pretty much everybody does so thats probly why you didnt learn it
iv seen alot of your videos and they are all amazing
i am in sign 2 now at my school and plan to to go Flagler to become an elementary teacher for the deaf. is there anything you could tell me a to becoming to well in sign as you are?(:
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Thank you! Finally! There's SO many versions of this on youtube, and you're the only person I've seen who doesn't use the sign "make" for "I'd like to make myself believe". In ASL, that sign does NOT work that way and I had almost lost faith in humanity, but then you used proper ASL grammar. Yay!
@xXLittleTearXx Mostly they won't, no. The US and English-speaking Canada are ASL's homeland, and British Sign, for example, is totally different.
Two reasons someone might understand a little: First, ASL is partly based on French Sign Language, and some other SLs are too. Second, ASL has got schools that teach it, lots of signers, dictionaries, writing systems ... which give it prestige and global influence. Just as speakers borrow English words worldwide, some other signers borrow from ASL.
is there a copy of this with the asl subtitles like tik tok, im just learning, and I love how you sign, but im kinda lost with the speed on fireflies, and tik tok made more sense seeing what signs I was watching and Im very poor at signing like I dont already speak. I sign like I talk which isnt right, its over complex. thanks!
Oh my word... This makes me wish my school,or any local gathering place of sorts, had a class to teach sign language!! I think learning ASL would be just as importent,if not more,than spanish. You are so inspiring!!! <3
You are just so much fun to watch, and what a great idea. I saw you on ABC News and wanted to see more of your videos, and this one is my favorite thus far. Thanks for sharing your passion!
I've always had a fascination with ASL, ever since I was a little girl. I used to watch a show called Signing Time with Alex and Leah, and tried my best to learn how to sign, but it didn't work out very well.
However, these videos of your make me incredibly emotional for reasons I can't describe. You have such talent and you are amazing at what you do. Never stop. ;___; <3
Thank you so much. My daughter is12 and is deaf with cochlear implants. Music is still very hard for her to understand. She loves the fact she can listen to the music with her little sister and watch you sign. Again thank you.
@ADTDOG thats what i was wondering, because if your deaf.... and you clap....you dont know how loud it is? uuum, lol, not that it would matter in a room full of clapping people!
@KeswickCamp08 Most Deaf people prefer to sign their applause (hence the people shaking their hands in the air) if they know the performer(s) understand the gesture. However, if they were at a more traditional performance, they would clap and just look to a friend or family member for a cue to stop.
do you do Christian songs? i would really be interested in seeing a certain song we do at camp Chapel.... we sing, then it speeds up, and just speeds up every time we sing it again, and its a GREAT, VERY FUN song...
I have a friend who is fluent in dutch. She speaks it often with her family when I am over. Although I don't know dutch, it feels as if I have a general idea of what they are saying. I know the things they are saying has logic and communication behind it, I just don't know what they are saying. I have the same feeling when I see you sign.
Hey Ally I Have A Friend Shes Deff And Im Trying To Teacher He You Belong With Me By Taylor Swift So Far Im Trying My Best But I Don't Know How To Do That Much Sign So If you're not busy can you make a vidoe of that One? Please
You should make tutorial videos for people who want to learn how to sign the songs! It would be so awesome and amusing to be able to do that randomly when it plays on the radio :)
Happy new year 2011! A person who embraces ASL as their primary language will be considered a member of the Deaf community. I find many hot & sexy deaf girls on a Deaf dating site Deafornot dot c om Good luck to them!!!
You seriously aced it. You killed it. Your expression is absolutely excellent along with sign languages which is a must, at least in some events and such that are like this and among others. You definitely have talent in you, if you never came from a family that are hearing impaired then I sure don't know where the hell you got your talent from, because the way you signs it seems authentic than learning from college.
@allyballybabe One question that's been in my head for a while is, how to deaf Chinese people communicate? It's not like Spanish, or another language, where they have an alphabet. Do you know, by any chance? I asked my Chinese teacher, and he didn't know either XD
@FF7RLZ There are many different "languages" for signing. ASL is just American Sign Language. There's also French Sign Language, and presumably Spanish Sign Language and Chinese Sign Language.
@FF7RLZ There is a good article in LifePrint about Chinese Sign Language (CSL). And I did a quick Google search which provided several CSL dictionaries and tutorials including some on YouTube. You might try a Google search for shouyu.chinalrbk and look at the robroad which provides numerous website links.
ASL is based off of french. It has its own structure form. In english we link words together to make a sentence structure, ASL doesnt do that, its understood.
must read this. once u have started there is no turning back. a little 10 year old girl was raped and murderded in 1945. her body was not found until 1947. then a boy last week read this and did not copy and paste this message. the dead girl appeared in his room haunting him and killed him. if you do not copy and paste this onto 10 vidoes in 30 minutes the dead girl will apear in your room tonight and haunt you and kill you. well you better start
you are very awesome I am not deaf but have a son that is taking sign in school and I truly enjoy watching your videos I have even cried watching them due to the beautiful emotion you translate. God bless you and keep on doing this amazing work.
It was reported on a Deaf dating site named Deafornot dot c om that 500,000 Deaf individuals in the United States claim American Sign Language (ASL) as their primary language.
thank you for educating other in correct ASL form... there are lots of people out there that are hearing that are not being true to ASL and the Deaf, Again thank you,
This was just BEAUTIFUL! You are walking poetry! The fact that it's different than the way Torrence does it adds many layers and textures. Just like when different singers perform a song changing up tempo or even lyrics, those differences ADD to the overall musical experience! Torrence does Fireflies one way, you do it another ~ AS IT SHOULD BE! Both versions are wonderful! Bravo to you for your rendition! Delightful in every way!
I Love most of the video's that I just saw. I am doing ASL the wind beneath my wings for a funeral and I was hoping to find that song under your name but no luck. Keep up the good work girl. my request is to do the song "Wind Beneath My Wings". Oh for the ignorant people ignor them. They are not worth it!
Very nice job with the signs, i'm learnig ASL this semester and i was thinking about doing this song for my project, but i dont think i could do justice to it the way you have. Great job.
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.
your vids are so cool. since i have started watching them ive been working harder on learning sign language. ive been workin on it a few years but until recently i have never gotten farther than the alphabet and a few random easy signs here and there. i think that since i have started watching ur vids i have learned more than i have on my own i think asl really cool. i decided 2do my senior project on the importance of asl in society.sorry abt writin u a book lol i hope1day i will b as good as u
Where did you learn to sin? You're ASL is beautiful. I took 3 years in hs but haven't really signed since then and I miss it so much! Excellent job, I will be watching the rest of your videos right away! Thank you!!
I love your videos! I am an ASL student and I am only about two months in the class and I really like it! When you sign the song I can follow along and learn a few signs.
You are just amazing!!! I love watching your videos! I work with special ed children, mostly autistic, as a teacher assistant. I went to my community college and took 1 semester of ASL to learn some basic signs to help my students. I enjoyed the class, but didn't realize how hard it was to transfer the sign (in my brain) to english if you know what I mean! I had to do sign to a song and it was really hard for me! Thanks again for all of your videos and good luck teaching!
You are just amazing!!! I love watching your videos! I work with special ed children, mostly autistic, as a teacher assistant. I went to my community college and took 1 semester of ASL to learn some basic signs to help my students. I enjoyed the class, but didn't realize how hard it was to transfer the sign (in my brain) to english if you know what I mean! I had to do sign to a song and it was really hard for me! Thanks again for all of your videos and good luck teaching!
You are just amazing!!! I love watching your videos! I work with special ed children, mostly autistic, as a teacher assistant. I went to my community college and took 1 semester of ASL to learn some basic signs to help my students. I enjoyed the class, but didn't realize how hard it was to transfer the sign (in my brain) to english if you know what I mean! I had to do sign to a song and it was really hard for me! Thanks again for all of your videos and good luck teaching!
I love how songs have so much more emotion when being signed because you literally have to put your whole body into it. You can't have a straight face since your facial expressions are kind of like grammar in ASL. Very cool.
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iwubbjoejonas 1 month ago
YAY I LOVE THIS VIDEO!!
jarah2190 2 months ago
Adorable! Thanks for adding the ASL gloss. I'm learning to translate songs for children to perform...any suggestions for websites?
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@memorsomnium LIFEPRINT!! that site is awesome, it even has whole lessons! just Lifeprint(dot)com
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deafornot9 3 months ago
is the sign of "believe" similar with the sign of "want" ? bcause i see in other video that the signer sign "want" just like this signer when she signs "believe"
xyz12345660 3 months ago
@xyz12345660 she's actually singing "want" when the word "believe" is sung. She interprets the lyrics "I'd like to make myself believe" as BELIEVE I WANT
GameRespect 3 months ago
Wow, honestly this is just beautiful !
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deafornot8 4 months ago
@lineduse the great thing about interpreting is that each interpretation can be unique and different, depending on the signer (and if the signs are accurate). These signs ARE accurate. Though if you were going to perform a song in ASL you should try and interpret it yourself instead of using someone elses' interpretation.
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@colormetastic There are blind people who sign. They will either use tactile signing or keep the signs within their visual field.
purplewowies 5 months ago
Awesome!!!! Your really good!!
suttlesg 5 months ago
ive been teaching myself asl all through 8th grade on my own just becuz i think its amazing i dont know any deaf people though and now im takin a class in high school and i would just like to say i wish allballybabe could be my teacher :D
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deafornot7 5 months ago
you got ASL swag!
Airotciv65 5 months ago
Me and my bestie are both learning ASL. I'm hoping I'm as good as you one day.
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deafornot6 6 months ago
this gave me goosebumps keep it up
zachyboo508 7 months ago
I am a person in a wheelchair so i know a little bit about being disabled and i am trying to learn asl so i can understand some of my friends who sign.
da19921 7 months ago
My only wish is that the video was better quality. You did a fabulous job, and this is my favorite rendition of the song in ASL yet - keep up the awesome work! You're definitely a huge inspiration.
Khepritachiquita 7 months ago
I'll never be able to sign as fast as her. Especially at 0:40. Lightning fast! xD
SarahBrennan7 7 months ago
@SarahBrennan7 Practice fingerspelling everywhere you go, as you drive, as you listen to the radio, watch tv, whenever you see a sign or whatever, and believe me, you WILL be as fast as she was when she spelled "fireflies" at :40. Practice, practice, practice. :)
jenisacutiepie 4 months ago
@jenisacutiepie I sign more on the weekends, or when I'm bored. I can drive in a year, but I don't think that signing while driving is too safe. Lol. I sign to my friend, she's deaf. We usually can carry out a 10 minute conversation if she signs slow so I can understand. Or sometimes we just say "hi" or "how are you?" when we pass each other in the halls.
SarahBrennan7 4 months ago
The person in front of you has a cowlick D:
Jessay120 8 months ago
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deafornot4 8 months ago
@deafornot4 >A person who embraces ASL as their primary language will be considered a member of the Deaf community.
As a CODA... No. Not really. You can't be Deaf without being deaf... You can be a friend of the Deaf community, but even though I'm a CODA, and an interpreter, I am still not a true member of the Deaf community, because when it comes down to it, I CAN PHYSICALLY HEAR. I wondered all my life what its like for my dad, but I will never REALLY know total silence as he does.
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@1RavynSkye While working for Gallaudet University in Washington DC, I have met hearing people who are considered to be part of the Deaf community. It does happen that a hearing person who is so involved with the Deaf Community is referred to as deaf and considered to be part of the Deaf community.
tyndsu 3 months ago
@tyndsu I really want to be apart of the Deaf Community. Its rare for a hearing person to be accepted in, but it is possible. Any tips?
vr4jay 1 month ago
this almost made me cry
msparkermarryme 8 months ago
@msparkermarryme From it being so awesome?
SarahBrennan7 4 months ago
@SarahBrennan7 lol yea what else
msparkermarryme 4 months ago
@fiyer2086 it means something like "wow"
ThePeterandPJ 8 months ago
What's the sign at about 1:06 where she shakes her hand? It's right at the part where the song goes "I would just stand and stare".
fiyer2089 8 months ago
@fiyer2089 "WOW"
jaytalex10 2 months ago
~.~ Yhue Sign Reallii Gud!!!?!?!?!
KekeSayWadeva 8 months ago
is she deaf or mute or blind?????
gabys424 8 months ago
@gabys424 She's hearing.
purplewowies 5 months ago
congratulations! your face expressions r really good! :) keep up the good work
TatizaZ 9 months ago
absolutely loved this! Your facial expression is always fantastic. Me and a friend of mine are signing this for a choir show this week :)
luvrofthejobros 9 months ago
Alley are you deaf?
LailaCassidy 9 months ago
@LailaCassidy No Ally is not deaf. She is just very good at ASL. She has a college degree in Deaf Education.
BaxAttack25 9 months ago
This is Really neat :)
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deafornot4 9 months ago
your amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! when did you learn sign language? and how long did it take?
gleekfreak012 9 months ago
I love your videos and how expressive you are! I have a good asl vocab but being working on my facial expressions is what I need to do.
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msliz8922 9 months ago
I love it! Your sign is SO expressive. I have watched others who have very blank expressions. Is there an ASL dictionary? They add new words all the time to Websters. How often are new signs/words added to the ASL or any other for that matter?
imsoninja 9 months ago
im in costa rica and im learning asl and my friend's mother teaches at a deaf school. I already knew some costa rican sign language and then started learning asl and i was like "woah, i didn't think their would be a big difference ." Well, yep there was XD
chwp96 10 months ago
@nikomakrov Yeah American Sign Language is used in the U.S, Canada, and some parts of Mexico.
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deafornot3 10 months ago
she is absolutely gorgious. love her to watch signing
spirit890 10 months ago
ur so cool. i no sign language but not as much as you. and i wanna be as good as you.
michaeljackson474ily 10 months ago
@BlueIrisKiller1331 no she is not deaf. if you go to her channel she describes how she is totally hearing and she just started signing when she was in middle school. so ya. and also she has other video's where she teaches you how to sign the song while she is singing and talking at the same time.
michaeljackson474ily 10 months ago
That was awesome!
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Cakestube1 10 months ago
Thank you for this.
mathman0 10 months ago
you did awsome
99guitarchick 10 months ago
you did awsomw
99guitarchick 10 months ago
Do you have to gloss when you do a song in ASL?
Dekitaa1 10 months ago
@Dekitaa1 yes you do
Rustycode89 10 months ago
@Rustycode89 ohh. ive seen people that didnt. and im on a drama team and we never did gloss. I know alot of sign language but i dont know how to gloss.
Dekitaa1 10 months ago
@Dekitaa1 oh well its pretty much just reversing the sentence and such but uh you guys must have just said the song or sentence like it is and that's what pretty much everybody does so thats probly why you didnt learn it
Rustycode89 10 months ago
@Rustycode89 Yeah thats what we do. But im trying to learn how to gloss.
Dekitaa1 10 months ago
@Dekitaa1 ask your teacher or a friend who knows it or somene deaf who knows sign language they can tell you
Rustycode89 10 months ago
@Rustycode89 Okay. I just asked someone who knows sign language and they said everyone signs differently and that you didnt have to.
Dekitaa1 10 months ago
@Dekitaa1 k then best of luck
Rustycode89 10 months ago
@Rustycode89 There is such thing as PSE which is signing the words, word for word.
Dekitaa1 10 months ago
@Dekitaa1 what it stand for
Rustycode89 10 months ago
@Rustycode89 Pidgin Signed English
Dekitaa1 10 months ago
@Dekitaa1 oh cool thnxs
Rustycode89 10 months ago
@Rustycode89 lol
Dekitaa1 10 months ago
every time i watch you i get the chills!!!!! good chills lol
keep doing what your doing you are amazing!
MariahJason 11 months ago
u did amazing!
XxPretttyGirlSwaqxX 11 months ago
you kinda look like lily from how i met ur mother!!
TYLERMORRIStech 11 months ago 3
GOOD JOB :))
graciluvsASL 11 months ago
GOOD JOB :)
graciluvsASL 11 months ago
you are truly an idol of mine now.
iv seen alot of your videos and they are all amazing
i am in sign 2 now at my school and plan to to go Flagler to become an elementary teacher for the deaf. is there anything you could tell me a to becoming to well in sign as you are?(:
66jordyn 11 months ago
LOVE IT! I want to learn sign language so badly thanks to you!
TheTylersReviews 11 months ago
you just made sign language sexy
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deafornot3 11 months ago
How many years did it take you to learn this much? This is my first year. I'm learning since my friend is deaf. :)
LimeGreenSceneQueen 1 year ago
You're so cool :) I'd love to meet you!
ashleyrenawiley 1 year ago
i think this is really cool! My friend showed me and i think your awesome!!!!!
hahahahaluvya 1 year ago
i got into ASL cause it's just like dancing.
except with your hands~
:D
QuizYa 1 year ago
i'm 14 years old, and i am inspired by the deaf language................i'm actually learning it myself
DreamSpirit101 1 year ago
i'm 14 years old, and i love the deaf language..............its so amazing to watch ppl talk with their hands and am learning to do it myself
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deafornot1 1 year ago
Thank you! Finally! There's SO many versions of this on youtube, and you're the only person I've seen who doesn't use the sign "make" for "I'd like to make myself believe". In ASL, that sign does NOT work that way and I had almost lost faith in humanity, but then you used proper ASL grammar. Yay!
22Di44 1 year ago
Hi, if ASL is different from other countries sigh language, does this mean ppl outside USA won't understand it?
xXLittleTearXx 1 year ago
@xXLittleTearXx Mostly they won't, no. The US and English-speaking Canada are ASL's homeland, and British Sign, for example, is totally different.
Two reasons someone might understand a little: First, ASL is partly based on French Sign Language, and some other SLs are too. Second, ASL has got schools that teach it, lots of signers, dictionaries, writing systems ... which give it prestige and global influence. Just as speakers borrow English words worldwide, some other signers borrow from ASL.
eritain 1 year ago
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Thanks for answering C:
xXLittleTearXx 1 year ago
WOW!! Amazing!!! I LOVE wathcing ur videos X)
GirlyPupp19 1 year ago
is there a copy of this with the asl subtitles like tik tok, im just learning, and I love how you sign, but im kinda lost with the speed on fireflies, and tik tok made more sense seeing what signs I was watching and Im very poor at signing like I dont already speak. I sign like I talk which isnt right, its over complex. thanks!
dpade1337 1 year ago
BEAUTIFUL!
DrSusanCook 1 year ago
Oh my word... This makes me wish my school,or any local gathering place of sorts, had a class to teach sign language!! I think learning ASL would be just as importent,if not more,than spanish. You are so inspiring!!! <3
MissSarcastic15 1 year ago 2
Just watched the whole thing speechless (no pun intended) with my wife. We were in awe and without words to describe your beautiful performance.
* Hands shaking in the air *
You have a gift, and it comes across with grace and honesty. Well done.
hnatkowicz 1 year ago
the top three sexiest things that a girl should learn to do: Sing, Dance and sign language.
xSTR8xUPx 1 year ago 31
You are just so much fun to watch, and what a great idea. I saw you on ABC News and wanted to see more of your videos, and this one is my favorite thus far. Thanks for sharing your passion!
JellicleKitten 1 year ago
i love that you do this :]
airelle101 1 year ago
I've always had a fascination with ASL, ever since I was a little girl. I used to watch a show called Signing Time with Alex and Leah, and tried my best to learn how to sign, but it didn't work out very well.
However, these videos of your make me incredibly emotional for reasons I can't describe. You have such talent and you are amazing at what you do. Never stop. ;___; <3
MomijiYuri 1 year ago
Thank you so much. My daughter is12 and is deaf with cochlear implants. Music is still very hard for her to understand. She loves the fact she can listen to the music with her little sister and watch you sign. Again thank you.
MsDianna79 1 year ago
@ADTDOG thats what i was wondering, because if your deaf.... and you clap....you dont know how loud it is? uuum, lol, not that it would matter in a room full of clapping people!
KeswickCamp08 1 year ago
@KeswickCamp08 Most Deaf people prefer to sign their applause (hence the people shaking their hands in the air) if they know the performer(s) understand the gesture. However, if they were at a more traditional performance, they would clap and just look to a friend or family member for a cue to stop.
JellicleKitten 1 year ago
@JellicleKitten cool!
KeswickCamp08 1 year ago
do you do Christian songs? i would really be interested in seeing a certain song we do at camp Chapel.... we sing, then it speeds up, and just speeds up every time we sing it again, and its a GREAT, VERY FUN song...
KeswickCamp08 1 year ago
totally awsome!!
R3BALF1R3FLY9 1 year ago
I have a friend who is fluent in dutch. She speaks it often with her family when I am over. Although I don't know dutch, it feels as if I have a general idea of what they are saying. I know the things they are saying has logic and communication behind it, I just don't know what they are saying. I have the same feeling when I see you sign.
starlover222 1 year ago 3
Great job Ally
luddowik8183 1 year ago
@ADTDOG That is how they clap, since they wouldn't be able to hear a "clap".
HollandHelsinki 1 year ago
Hey Ally I Have A Friend Shes Deff And Im Trying To Teacher He You Belong With Me By Taylor Swift So Far Im Trying My Best But I Don't Know How To Do That Much Sign So If you're not busy can you make a vidoe of that One? Please
dahlhaus1 1 year ago
You should make tutorial videos for people who want to learn how to sign the songs! It would be so awesome and amusing to be able to do that randomly when it plays on the radio :)
EvanescentHarmony 1 year ago 2
Awesome. I'm glad this is geing done!!!! Hurraahhhhh!!!!
ur2beutiful 1 year ago
Awesome dude. You rocked it. You stayed on beat wonderfully.
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deafornot1 1 year ago
You seriously aced it. You killed it. Your expression is absolutely excellent along with sign languages which is a must, at least in some events and such that are like this and among others. You definitely have talent in you, if you never came from a family that are hearing impaired then I sure don't know where the hell you got your talent from, because the way you signs it seems authentic than learning from college.
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joshiesworld 1 year ago
since its called AMERICAN sign language, does that mean that its different in other countries?
nikomakarov 1 year ago 17
@nikomakarov yep! that's absolutely correct! :)
allyballybabe 1 year ago 28
@allyballybabe thats so cool
nikomakarov 1 year ago
@allyballybabe One question that's been in my head for a while is, how to deaf Chinese people communicate? It's not like Spanish, or another language, where they have an alphabet. Do you know, by any chance? I asked my Chinese teacher, and he didn't know either XD
FF7RLZ 11 months ago
@FF7RLZ There are many different "languages" for signing. ASL is just American Sign Language. There's also French Sign Language, and presumably Spanish Sign Language and Chinese Sign Language.
sariaru 11 months ago
@FF7RLZ There is a good article in LifePrint about Chinese Sign Language (CSL). And I did a quick Google search which provided several CSL dictionaries and tutorials including some on YouTube. You might try a Google search for shouyu.chinalrbk and look at the robroad which provides numerous website links.
WPaulMoffitt 11 months ago
@nikomakarov there is FSL, french sign language and BSL, british sign language. As well as complete english signing. Just a few examples!
bitsyrhea 1 year ago
@nikomakarov yes every country has their own sign language
stefluvs2sign1 1 year ago
@nikomakarov
ASL is based off of french. It has its own structure form. In english we link words together to make a sentence structure, ASL doesnt do that, its understood.
vdub2002 1 year ago
@nikomakarov However it does share a lot of similarities with French Sign Language
TheTechPortal 10 months ago
This is amazing! Geez. How long did it take you to remember all of the signs?
CabezaQuesa 1 year ago
so...my communications class, we watched a couple ASL videos..i've known the alphabet but thats it..I really wanna learn! you are awesome!
tarasmith19 1 year ago
your great ALLY... You are awesome at ASL
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rappintilley 1 year ago
My school is doing love changes everything for the winter concert
caitjc9000 1 year ago
you are very awesome I am not deaf but have a son that is taking sign in school and I truly enjoy watching your videos I have even cried watching them due to the beautiful emotion you translate. God bless you and keep on doing this amazing work.
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deafornot2 1 year ago
Excellent!! Loved the song and the ASL translation. Funny how there are people that don't like the video, lol to them! Awesome! _lml
areesman22 1 year ago
These videos make me wish I took ASL in school
wowcolors 1 year ago
Hey ally! good to see your acc back up and running :) great job on fireflis
silentservants 1 year ago
thank you for educating other in correct ASL form... there are lots of people out there that are hearing that are not being true to ASL and the Deaf, Again thank you,
hands4sign2 1 year ago
WOW!!!!! I LOVED IT....good job
Vlhs07 1 year ago
Phenomenal would be an understatement.
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deafornot1 1 year ago
WOW. ur facial expressions and interpretations were absolutely amazing.
amberpetriece 1 year ago 3
@iluvcandyhaha yeah that THANK YOU!! i was a little confused there.
MistaOctavio 1 year ago
This was just BEAUTIFUL! You are walking poetry! The fact that it's different than the way Torrence does it adds many layers and textures. Just like when different singers perform a song changing up tempo or even lyrics, those differences ADD to the overall musical experience! Torrence does Fireflies one way, you do it another ~ AS IT SHOULD BE! Both versions are wonderful! Bravo to you for your rendition! Delightful in every way!
PoeticLisence62 1 year ago
I Love most of the video's that I just saw. I am doing ASL the wind beneath my wings for a funeral and I was hoping to find that song under your name but no luck. Keep up the good work girl. my request is to do the song "Wind Beneath My Wings". Oh for the ignorant people ignor them. They are not worth it!
ragannshell 1 year ago
awesome!!!
Butterz8 1 year ago
What was that where you were waving your hand by your hip?
MistaOctavio 1 year ago
@MistaOctavio you mean in the beginning? that just means music :)
iluvcandyhaha 1 year ago
ASL is for deaf people, its like another language, you study it, practice it and then perfect it
btw:you did an awesome job :D
XxmailxX789 1 year ago
Very nice job with the signs, i'm learnig ASL this semester and i was thinking about doing this song for my project, but i dont think i could do justice to it the way you have. Great job.
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deafornot1 1 year ago
i love this i wish i saw ur videos sooner. thank you.
ggmarie12 1 year ago
your vids are so cool. since i have started watching them ive been working harder on learning sign language. ive been workin on it a few years but until recently i have never gotten farther than the alphabet and a few random easy signs here and there. i think that since i have started watching ur vids i have learned more than i have on my own i think asl really cool. i decided 2do my senior project on the importance of asl in society.sorry abt writin u a book lol i hope1day i will b as good as u
jakemysweet 1 year ago
your videos are seriously an inspiration. you're amazing!
larasaidwhatttt 1 year ago
You do an amazing job at signing and using facial expressions when you do the songs in asl i hope that i can be as good as you. Keep up the good work
bmos2339 1 year ago
dear Ally.... have you ever thought of doing this song like the others? like... not a live version?
mikeBURRITO 1 year ago
Where did you learn to sin? You're ASL is beautiful. I took 3 years in hs but haven't really signed since then and I miss it so much! Excellent job, I will be watching the rest of your videos right away! Thank you!!
mcnamam 1 year ago
You,re very good!
Lauracharland 1 year ago
beautifullllll!!!! I'm your fan!!! that's great!
Libracesp 1 year ago
I love your videos! I am an ASL student and I am only about two months in the class and I really like it! When you sign the song I can follow along and learn a few signs.
MultiPurposez 1 year ago
You did a grate job. =^.-=
BCarey1970 1 year ago
wonderfully done Ally. peace & love form Australia. Our AUSLAN is not dissimilar to your ASL. i understood much of what you were signing.
Thank you for what you do
sparrow551 1 year ago
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You are just amazing!!! I love watching your videos! I work with special ed children, mostly autistic, as a teacher assistant. I went to my community college and took 1 semester of ASL to learn some basic signs to help my students. I enjoyed the class, but didn't realize how hard it was to transfer the sign (in my brain) to english if you know what I mean! I had to do sign to a song and it was really hard for me! Thanks again for all of your videos and good luck teaching!
joymar322 1 year ago
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You are just amazing!!! I love watching your videos! I work with special ed children, mostly autistic, as a teacher assistant. I went to my community college and took 1 semester of ASL to learn some basic signs to help my students. I enjoyed the class, but didn't realize how hard it was to transfer the sign (in my brain) to english if you know what I mean! I had to do sign to a song and it was really hard for me! Thanks again for all of your videos and good luck teaching!
joymar322 1 year ago
You are just amazing!!! I love watching your videos! I work with special ed children, mostly autistic, as a teacher assistant. I went to my community college and took 1 semester of ASL to learn some basic signs to help my students. I enjoyed the class, but didn't realize how hard it was to transfer the sign (in my brain) to english if you know what I mean! I had to do sign to a song and it was really hard for me! Thanks again for all of your videos and good luck teaching!
joymar322 1 year ago
I love how songs have so much more emotion when being signed because you literally have to put your whole body into it. You can't have a straight face since your facial expressions are kind of like grammar in ASL. Very cool.
peacepalmtree 1 year ago
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THEN WHY ARE YOU USING YOUR HANDS?
Princess100112 1 year ago
@Princess100112 ?? Because its AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
allyballybabe 1 year ago 66
@allyballybabe LMAO! :)
ThejOH007 1 year ago
@allyballybabe r u really cant hear anything? =(