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Tein aiemmion kyselyn tästä emojista/käsimerkistä (🤟).
Halusin nähdä kuinka ihmiset tulkitsevat tai tietävät ennestään kyseisen käsimerkin tarkoituksen. Äänestystuloksen perusteella 14% äänestäjistä tiesi käsimerkin alkuperäisen merkityksen.

Kyseessä on hyvin vanha käsimerkki. Merkin tarkoitus on ilmaista "I love you" tai "love you". Sanojen ensimmäiset alkukirjaimet sormitetaan samanaikaisesti sormiaakkosina eli I, L ja Y.

Käsimerkin historia on pitkä, se ulottuu 1900-luvun tienoolle ja on tullut alkujaan amerikkalaisesta viittomakielestä. Kyseinen käsimerkki on levinnyt viime vuosikymmeninä sosiaalisen median kautta laajasti yleiseen käyttöön ympäri maailmaa. Tätä käytetään myös täällä meillä Suomessakin viittomakielisten kesken.

Äänestystulokset voit lukea täältä: mementomori.social/@mustikkaso

Memento moriVeera Laukkarinen (@mustikkasoppa@mementomori.social)Tämä emoji 🤟 on [ ] Rakastan sinua [ ] Pirunsarvet / heviin liittyvä käsimerkki [ ] Joku muu
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youtube.com/@DeafiesinDrag

Tell your representatives that you support the Americans with Disabilities Act and providing d/Deaf people and Hard of Hearing people with ASL interpreters at EVERY government communication.

Want to learn? Awesome! Thank you.
I'm learning BSL (when I'm not increasingly sick -- wear your mask please) cuz I live in the UK.

If you live in the USA, then lingvano.com/asl/ and
queerasl.com/

www.youtube.comBefore you continue to YouTube

This is Derek.

He is the hearing half of a hearing-deaf couple, occasionally posting funny stuff involving sign language, jokes, corgis, or some weird combination of the above on TikTok, YouTube and Insta.

In this video clip, D explains how their Corgi picks up on the couple's sign language (btw it's American Sign Language = ASL), and does so very precisely. 😄

I’ve posted a bit about how I’m finally learning ASL. I finished ASL 101 last week and loved every second of it. Which is why I want to tell y’all about the amazing place where I take classes in case you want to as well. Registrations for the March–May cycle are still open! queerasl.com/registration

A bit about the people behind these classes: Queer ASL provide 2SLGBTQQIA+ positive, accessible, and affordable (donation-based!) online ASL classes. They also offer specific classes for BBIMP (BIPOC) folks and classes for people with disabilities, that each center those identities. Most of the classes are timed for US/CAN timezones but some of the early US morning classes should work well for European folks too. Might be a bit late for Indian timezones etc unless you’re a nights owl.

So if you’ve always wanted to learn ASL but never really found the right place, then give Queer ASL a shot. The fact that it’s queer-centered, Deaf-taught, and online was what made it super easy for me to decide to take the plunge and I’m so glad I did.

See you in class maybe? 🤟🏻

www.queerasl.comRegister for a Class!American Sign Language classes for 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. Taught by Deaf Queers.

Why are so many young people from the USA choosing courses on American Sign Language at school and college?

Three guesses as to motive:

- A thoroughly laudable desire to learn something of benefit to the wider community.

- A less laudable but understandable hope that ASL will be easier than Spanish, French, or other foreign languages.

- Worryingly, an unspoken but powerful drive to evade confrontation with cultures and histories that differ from those of the USA.

I might be wrong on all three counts, of course!

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How cool is this Deaf Studies Digital Journal? It shows the article in the original sign language video, with a synchronized transcript in English as well!

Here's Dr. Carolyn McCaskill's article "Black ASL: The Effects of its Discovery on the Community":

quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dsdj/1549 #BlackASL #ASL #DeafStudies #Deaf #AmericanSignLanguage

quod.lib.umich.eduBlack ASL: The Effects of its Discovery on the Community

Super excited that I have finally signed up for an ASL class starting in January! I’ve always wanted to learn because I felt drawn to the language, much like I felt drawn to other, non-sign, languages in the past. I get a lot of fulfilment from learning something new that I’m interested in. But it’s more than just that. I also want to be able to talk to Deaf and HoH people in their language, whether that’s in a social context, with random strangers, or in a work-related situation. I also look forward to learning more about Deaf culture which will hopefully enable me to be even more inclusive in everything I do and actively make projects I’m involved with more welcoming to Deaf/HoH people among others.

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This part of the talk? is about 10 minutes (10:50) into the video. It's great to see there is an #AmericanSignLanguage version. #ASL !!
I wonder how much is lost to a whisper-down-the-lane sort of effect. The simultaneous interpreters are working hard and saying things a little differently than we see in the transcript. And I guess the ASL signer is working from the simultaneous interpreters? Or does she understand Italian? or whatever language The Pope is speaking?
y.com.sb/watch?v=gMBwT0B5gno