[Sca-cooks] Deaf, ASL poll

[Susan Fox-Davis]

With my family history, I had better learn.  My father is very difficult to
converse with when he doesn't wear his hearing aids, and I'm beginning to
suspect a bit of high-end loss myself.  There is merit to the notion of signing
during court and other quiet times, as long as we remember that there is no such
thing as "whispering" and any sign can be read by anybody who happens to be
looking, so watch the gossip!

I know a few simple signs, yes, no, thank-you; plus the SCA-specific signs that
Baroness Thea Northernridge made up for signing SCA courts many years ago.
These include the titles, which mainly seem to consist of the first initial of
the title ["k" for king, etc., except for "n" for knight, etc.], then draw the
hand over the chest from shoulder to the opposite end of the waist like a
baldric.

Snooping on Google for a moment before sending this post, I find a fun thing,
American Sign Language FONTS for Windows and Mac.
<http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/fonts/asl.html>
I think I like the Gallaudet better than the Handsign, the former looks as it
does to the viewer rather than the speaker.

Selene Colfox

Olwen the Odd wrote:

> > > > so how many deaf, friends of deaf, grew up around
> > > deaf, or know sign
> > > language types are ON this list anyway?
> > > > Kirsten
> >
> >My sister-in-law (who used to teach special needs
> >children, and now is a professor teaching teachers)
> >used ASL in her classroom.
> <<<big ol snip>>>
> >Given a lifelong history of illnesses effecting my
> >hearing, including a current cold/bacterial infection,
> >I pretty much expect to spend my elderly years with
> >little or no hearing and am yet again mulling the idea
> >of learning ASL sooner rather than later.
> >Personally, I think ASL should be offered as a foreign
> >language credit in high school and college.  More
> >useful than the German my eldest child studied.  Our
> >local HS is the county school for deaf and hearing
> >impaired.  A summer school ASL class is offered so
> >that more kids are able to communicate with the deaf
> >students, but it's just a 6 week course.
> >
> >Bonne
>
> Those short semester courses are ok as long as you practice.  Otherwise you
> just forget.  If you sign at home when you are talking to your dog or cat or
> on the phone (in front of the mirror) then you remember the words/signs.
> Otherwise don't bother.  I know some sign.  When I am forced to use it I can
> recall more and more.  I have hearing issues.  Tone and pitch, directional
> and some functional hearing loss.  I read lips alot.  Try to match what I am
> reading with all the noises in the air around me.  Sometimes it is just
> static and I can't pick out a single thing to follow.  Lots of times folks
> think I'm ignoring them or am rude.  Makes me feel bad sometimes.  For me
> though, unless I am dealing with someone who is deaf or knows ASL, there is
> no reason for me to use/remember it cuz it isn't helping me to hear them if
> they don't sign back!
> Olwen
>
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