Guest guest Posted February 20, 2000 Report Share Posted February 20, 2000 In a message dated 00-02-20 13:48:54 EST, ManelyCat writes: << Hi Marcus, I accidently deleted your " signing " email. But you might want to consider this...I think I gotcha!!! ) The United States is like the melting pot for signing, just as it is for spoken languages. Not only is there ASL (American Sign Language), but there is Straight English, PSE (Pidgen Sign Language - a mixture of ASL and straight English) and there are different sign languages for different parts of the country (dialects). Not only that, there are people from foreign countries sometimes using their own sign language from their home country. AND we have what you would call " Home Signs " , which means that the deaf person and his family create their own sign language to converse with eachother. I learned to sign when I was at home in Maine. Then I went to college at Gallaudet in Washington, DC. The signing was somewhat different. When I went home again, people sometimes didn't know what I was saying because the signs were different. ( ASL(in some form) is mostly understood be all deaf people that know sign language (at least in the US. I don't know about Australia.) It CAN be a hot debate! Hey, you opened this can of worms!!! ) >> June [This message contained attachments] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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