Official ASL thread. (56k beware)

[Kingsnapped]

http://pitythefoo.com/upload/userfiles/brian/ASL1.jpg

[LimeiBook86]

What just happened? :)
Anyway it's pretty cool, whatever it is, fill me in if you can.

<goes back to playing video games>

[edesignuk]

...what? :confused:

[krimson]

took me a while to figure it out, but I kinda know what's going in...

[Laslo Panaflex]

It's sign language (American Sign Language) I jsut don't know what he is trying to say. . .

[emw]

Cool, a sign language thread - now we just need the braille thread and we'll be good to go! :D

Not being a signer, aside from a few simple ones, what exactly are you saying?

[Kingsnapped]

http://pitythefoo.com/upload/userfiles/brian/ASL2.jpg

[Kingsnapped]

Although it's not customary to translate for everybody (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=83391), I'm asking if anybody knows ASL, then saying I represent the ASL here on Macrumors. Gotta keep the language alive!

[edesignuk]

Have you been drinking?

[Kingsnapped]

Have you been drinking?

Not at all, I'm just trying to keep the MacRumors' ASL community involved.

[LimeiBook86]

Have you been drinking?

Yes

Apple Juice in fact, maybe that's why I thought this thread's title "ASL", stood for "Age / Sex / Location", hahahaha that's why I clicked on it.

Now that says something about me now doesn't it :eek:

[edesignuk]

I thought this thread's title "ASL", stood for "Age / Sex / Location", hahahaha that's why I clicked on it.That's exactly what I thought too :eek:.

[The Muffin Man]

You guys don't get it? Jesus, he's parodying our whole language argument. He knows almost no one is going to understand sign language and he's probably targeting my comment specifically as saying "I want to keep the language alive." If that's what's going on, whatever. But if you genuinely want to keep it visible here, I think that's awesome. Fight the good fight.

[stevehaslip]

That's exactly what I thought too :eek:. same, i thought it was going to be a thread about the info contained in everybodies profile?! :rolleyes: except with pictures! :(

[edesignuk]

http://upload.yo-momma.net/uploads/forums/peace.jpg

[Kingsnapped]

http://upload.yo-momma.net/uploads/forums/peace.jpg

"V"

..very good.

[johnnyjibbs]

LOL! When I saw this thread, titled "ASL thread (56k beware!)" I thought it was a typo for ASDL! As in the broadband thread - 56k people keep out or visit at their peril! But in fact, it stands for "American Sign Language" and the warning to dial-up users is that it will take a long time to load the pictures!

That just made my day!

[edesignuk]

titled "ASL thread (56k beware!)" I thought it was a typo for ASDL! As in the broadband thread - 56k people keep out or visit at their peril!Don't go giving me ideas...:D I have a lot of BIG images and a LOT of bandwidth ;) Look out!

[LimeiBook86]

I'm a bit rough with the translation but, I believe this means hello...
http://www.homepage.mac.com/ibook238/.Pictures/mac_wave200.gif

[bousozoku]

I'm surprised that he can keep a straight face. :D

I won't be signing visually here anytime soon as I only know a few nice words and several bad ones.

[King Cobra]

I'm still waiting for someone to do the Richard Nixon one:

http://andrej.gadgetgaming.com/images/comedy/signlanguage/nixsl.gif

[LimeiBook86]

<crickets chirping>

I guess this thread is dead?




:confused:

[janey]

I guess this thread is dead?

nope.
http://applegoddess.org/asl.jpg
sorry if it offends anyone :)

[LimeiBook86]

nope.
sorry if it offends anyone :)
I guess it would offend someone only if one of us could figure out what it means... :rolleyes:

[Kingsnapped]

nope.
::image::
sorry if it offends anyone :)

I know what that means "upside down," and a scientific word like that shouldn't offend anybody

/hopes he's thinking what I'm thinking.

[LimeiBook86]

I know what that means "upside down," and a scientific word like that shouldn't offend anybody

/hopes he's thinking what I'm thinking.

smarty-pants... :rolleyes: Care to share with the rest of the class?

:)

[bousozoku]

smarty-pants... :rolleyes: Care to share with the rest of the class?

:)

Looks kinda personal. :D Are you sure you want to know?

[LimeiBook86]

Looks kinda personal. :D Are you sure you want to know?

Now I'm not sure I wanna know... :(

<shivers>

[janey]

are you sure its upside down ?! :o

[Kingsnapped]

are you sure its upside down ?! :o

My bad. I had always been taught the "upside down" way, but you are right.

While we're on the topic...
http://pitythefoo.com/upload/userfiles/brian/aslol.jpg
LOL!

[medea]

.

[bousozoku]

My bad. I had always been taught the "upside down" way, but you are right.

While we're on the topic...
http://pitythefoo.com/upload/userfiles/brian/aslol.jpg
LOL!

Maybe it was taught to you upside down for a reason? :D

[LimeiBook86]

If those pictures look like what I think they look like, then this may really turning into a real ASL thread...and I'm not talking about sign-language

;)

[Elan0204]

This is a totally bizarre thread. I was also expecting a discussion of high speed Internet access.

[Kingsnapped]

If those pictures look like what I think they look like, then this may really turning into a real ASL thread...and I'm not talking about sign-language

;)

...only if you speak medea's with your tounge sticking out.

[Sneeper]

Hmm.. let's see if I can do this.

[Kingsnapped]

Hmm.. let's see if I can do this.
::where did you learn sign(?)::

http://pitythefoo.com/upload/userfiles/brian/asl3.jpg

[Neserk]

Yes

Apple Juice in fact, maybe that's why I thought this thread's title "ASL", stood for "Age / Sex / Location", hahahaha that's why I clicked on it.
:


Me too... LOL.. I know slightly more ASL than I do Spanish. But ASL is 100x easier to learn than any spoken language, imo.

[MacCoaster]

Kingsnapped brought it to my attention, thank you!

I'm pretty sure I'm the only native ASL speaker on this forum. I was born profoundly deaf and have been signing since I was 6 months old. That's right. Six months. I had a vocabulary of approximately 500 signs when I was a year old.

So Kingsnapped, you have a deaf girlfriend or just some gal who knows sign language pretty fluently?

Sigh, übergeek, I should never have taught you that. ;)

Okay, here's a short clip (http://bittenapple.com/ASLmovie.mov) of me signing. I hope some of you'll understand me! Thank god for iSight! :D

[janey]

Sigh, übergeek, I should never have taught you that. ;)
omnivector taught me that, not you lol.
and he asked you if you knew it already, and you didnt. :p
nice video.

[MacCoaster]

omnivector taught me that, not you lol.
and he asked you if you knew it already, and you didnt. :p
nice video.
I know I showed it to you, perhaps omnivector showed you as well. That bastard. J/K

[janey]

I know I showed it to you, perhaps omnivector showed you as well. That bastard. J/K
na, tristan's the only one who taught me anything...you dont even sign in videochats you just curse at me lol...

[MacCoaster]

na, tristan's the only one who taught me anything...you dont even sign in videochats you just curse at me lol...
Oh... true. Perhaps you deserved it. Nah, I'm only kidding. But I know I showed you that sign. :p

[bousozoku]

Kingsnapped brought it to my attention, thank you!

I'm pretty sure I'm the only native ASL speaker on this forum. I was born profoundly deaf and have been signing since I was 6 months old. That's right. Six months. I had a vocabulary of approximately 500 signs when I was a year old.

So Kingsnapped, you have a deaf girlfriend or just some gal who knows sign language pretty fluently?

Sigh, übergeek, I should never have taught you that. ;)

Okay, here's a short clip (http://bittenapple.com/ASLmovie.mov) of me signing. I hope some of you'll understand me! Thank god for iSight! :D

It's good that you're sharing. I should find a way to slow the clip down. Somehow, I find it hard to believe that you've been a Macintosh for two years. :D It's either that or you're a sandwich or a toaster or...

[MacCoaster]

Somehow, I find it hard to believe that you've been a Macintosh for two years. :D It's either that or you're a sandwich or a toaster or...
WTF? I'm not sure what the heck you mean? :confused:

[ravenvii]

Kingsnapped brought it to my attention, thank you!

I'm pretty sure I'm the only native ASL speaker on this forum. I was born profoundly deaf and have been signing since I was 6 months old. That's right. Six months. I had a vocabulary of approximately 500 signs when I was a year old.

So Kingsnapped, you have a deaf girlfriend or just some gal who knows sign language pretty fluently?

Sigh, übergeek, I should never have taught you that. ;)

Okay, here's a short clip (http://bittenapple.com/ASLmovie.mov) of me signing. I hope some of you'll understand me! Thank god for iSight! :D

Damn, and here I thought I was the only one too. And no, it's not too obvious that you're a guy. :p :D

[MacCoaster]

Damn, and here I thought I was the only one too. And no, it's not too obvious that you're a guy. :p :D
W00t! Any other deaf people here?

And for that last comment, you're dead meat. :p

[bousozoku]

WTF? I'm not sure what the heck you mean? :confused:

It's called a joke. My ability to read ASL is sooooo poor. :D

[Sneeper]

My translation:

Hi, my name is Will. I'm 88. I'm a boy obviously. I'm from North Carolina. Nice to see you all.



Okay I'm way thrown off by the 88 part. I'm sure I'm missing some obvious sign. Too bad there are no sign-to-english dictionaries, just english-to-sign (how would you look them up if there were? hmm)

[Kingsnapped]

W00t! Any other deaf people here?


My girlfriend lurks here a bit, and she's HOH if that counts. I'm sure she'll sign up as soon as she gets her iBook for school next year.

[ravenvii]

My translation:

Hi, my name is Will. I'm 88. I'm a boy obviously. I'm from North Carolina. Nice to see you all.



Okay I'm way thrown off by the 88 part. I'm sure I'm missing some obvious sign. Too bad there are no sign-to-english dictionaries, just english-to-sign (how would you look them up if there were? hmm)

18, Sneeper. 18. ;)

[Sneeper]

Here is a video of me signing.

http://www.forsythia.net/~amoran/videos/sneepsign.wmv

I'm not fluent in ASL -- I took it to satisfy my foreign language requirement at UCSD.. but I fell in love with the language and ever since have been trying to get practice in here and there. But unfortunately, the practice isn't as often as I'd like it to be.

Watching me sign, I realize I have a bad habit of mouthing words which I need to break. Also, that I chew my tongue.. but I do that when I'm not signing too. *sigh*.

[MacCoaster]

Here is a video of me signing.

http://www.forsythia.net/~amoran/videos/sneepsign.wmv

I'm not fluent in ASL -- I took it to satisfy my foreign language requirement at UCSD.. but I fell in love with the language and ever since have been trying to get practice in here and there. But unfortunately, the practice isn't as often as I'd like it to be.

Watching me sign, I realize I have a bad habit of mouthing words which I need to break. Also, that I chew my tongue.. but I do that when I'm not signing too. *sigh*.
Hey! Nice to meet ya too! :) You're in San Francisco. I'm sure there are some organization like we have here for Deaf and Hard of Hearing people. We have silent dinners every week on Tuesday nights to which anyone is invited and we sign to each other. Great practice for the hearing people who come. I can attest that one of my best friends has become very fluent by doing just that.

[LimeiBook86]

Okay, here's a short clip (http://bittenapple.com/ASLmovie.mov) of me signing. I hope some of you'll understand me! Thank god for iSight! :D

Whoa! That was really cool! I wish I could do that, but my mind is already filled with tons of useless old Mac info. But I'm around the same age as you, maybe I can forget some things and clear some space for some sign-language.

I remember my friend has a deaf grandmother, he knows sign-language but mostly just told his grandma that I eat a lot and that I was big... What a friend :rolleyes:

I gotta give you credit for that video, which is totally awesome. You just made it on my cool members list. :D

[Sneeper]

Hey! Nice to meet ya too! :) You're in San Francisco. I'm sure there are some organization like we have here for Deaf and Hard of Hearing people. We have silent dinners every week on Tuesday nights to which anyone is invited and we sign to each other. Great practice for the hearing people who come. I can attest that one of my best friends has become very fluent by doing just that.

Thanks.

18 makes a lot more sense than 88. You did seem a little young looking to be that old. I don't think even Botox be that good.


Actually, I have been getting more into it lately. There are a few Deaf social events that happen on a monthly basis here in the bay area. None of them are dinners -- they are all coffee house events or bar events. One of them happens a few blocks from me. I've gone to it in the last few months. It's only once a month though.

A few hearing former ASL students have started a weekly practice group, but none of us are actually fluent in ASL so it's almost like the blind leading the blind.. er.. the hearing leading the hearing. But it's definitely better than nothing. :)

[MacCoaster]

I gotta give you credit for that video, which is totally awesome. You just made it on my cool members list.
W00t. Score for me. ;) Apple just amazes me. They revolutionize the web cam community, which enables deaf peoople to communicate via iChat/AIM 5.5 with a web cam. I love my iSight, it's fast, it's clear, it plain rocks. Go Apple!
Thanks.

18 makes a lot more sense than 88. You did seem a little young looking to be that old. I don't think even Botox be that good.
:eek: Dammit, someone revealed my secret. I guess the botox worked great! ;)
Actually, I have been getting more into it lately. There are a few Deaf social events that happen on a monthly basis here in the bay area. None of them are dinners -- they are all coffee house events or bar events. One of them happens a few blocks from me. I've gone to it in the last few months. It's only once a month though.

A few hearing former ASL students have started a weekly practice group, but none of us are actually fluent in ASL so it's almost like the blind leading the blind.. er.. the hearing leading the hearing. But it's definitely better than nothing. :)
That's sweet. Yes, it's much better than nothing. I'd suggest you guys go around and gather deaf people who are interested in socializing with hearing people who want to learn sign language.

This thread is the most awesome thread evar!!!!!111oNeElEVEn. Ok, so I'm biased, so what? ;)

[Sneeper]

And now a quote from Hamlet, Act II, Scene II...

[LimeiBook86]

And now a quote from Hamlet, Act II, Scene II...

I don't remember that being in the book... <skims through book>

hehehe... :)

[Kingsnapped]

Here is a video of me signing.
::video::


Just for you, Sneeper. (http://pitythefoo.com/upload/userfiles/brian/aslsmall.mov)

(Don't mean to discriminate, all are welcome to watch.)

[LimeiBook86]

Just for you, Sneeper. (http://pitythefoo.com/upload/userfiles/brian/aslsmall.mov)

(Don't mean to discriminate, all are welcome to watch.)

That's it! I'll post a video of my own......If only I knew ASL...lol :D

I'll figure out a way

:-/

[Sneeper]

Just for you, Sneeper. (http://pitythefoo.com/upload/userfiles/brian/aslsmall.mov)

(Don't mean to discriminate, all are welcome to watch.)


Oh no! I KNEW this would come back to haunt me. I hoped nobody woyld notice. Microsoft Media Player for OS X should play those wmv files.. Maybe people won't pay attention to which program is launching to play the video. Naivety, thy name is Sneeper.

Okay Okay.. I have a confession. Please don't hate me.
I don't have a mac at home.
There I said it. I'm SO ashasmed.

Until then, all I can create is WMV. I don't want to pay for Quicktime Pro for Windows.. especially when I'm about to get a Mac and will have iMovie.

But as soon as I get my 2.5GHZ G5, no more WMV.

[LimeiBook86]

That's it! I'll post a video of my own......If only I knew ASL...lol :D

I'll figure out a way

:-/

Below is an animation of me.....errr..Mac trying to figure out American Sign Language via a print out from the internet. :)

You have to click on the picture for the animated gif to open in a new window.

[Kingsnapped]

Until then, all I can create is WMV. I don't want to pay for Quicktime Pro for Windows.. especially when I'm about to get a Mac and will have iMovie.


I was able to see the video fine (after it quit "buffering") but, I'm sorry, as much as I do not advocate piracy, this may be reason enough to "acquire" pro for Windows.

If you are paying for a G5, it's okay. WMV needs to die.

edit: LOL at limey and Mac.

[LimeiBook86]

edit: LOL at limey and Mac.

hehehehehe ;)

[Sneeper]

I don't remember that being in the book... <skims through book>

hehehe... :)


Okay okay.. so maybe "How now brown cow?" wasn't found in Shakespeare.

But it was the best I could aproximate with my limited ASL skills. The language has no 'be' verb, which makes doing the "To be or not to be" quite difficult for a measely hack like me!

[MacCoaster]

Okay okay.. so maybe "How now brown cow?" wasn't found in Shakespeare.

But it was the best I could aproximate with my limited ASL skills. The language has no 'be' verb, which makes doing the "To be or not to be" quite difficult for a measely hack like me!
That's one of my favorite parts of ASL. There is and isn't, depending on one's view. AFAIK, there is no "to be" or "be", but there are "was," "were," etc. and they are technically conjugations of the "to be" verb. My interpreter would actually spell out "be" if there were no other way to accurately portray the "to be" verb in ASL. To sum up, it varies by person. Me, being raised the Signed Exact English way, I do have a sign for "be."

And remember, Sneeper, "to be or not to be" indirectly refers to suicide. Therefore, one could argue that you could say "to kill myself or not to kill myself" in ASL as a replacement.

To be, or not to be? That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer... the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune... or to take arms... blah blah.
I knew that AP English was worth it. :p

[Sneeper]

That's one of my favorite parts of ASL. There is and isn't, depending on one's view. AFAIK, there is no "to be" or "be", but there are "was," "were," etc. and they are technically conjugations of the "to be" verb. My interpreter would actually spell out "be" if there were no other way to accurately portray the "to be" verb in ASL. To sum up, it varies by person. Me, being raised the Signed Exact English way, I do have a sign for "be."

And remember, Sneeper, "to be or not to be" indirectly refers to suicide. Therefore, one could argue that you could say "to kill myself or not to kill myself" in ASL as a replacement.

I knew that AP English was worth it. :p

So when do we get the ASL version of the speach?? :)

[MacCoaster]

So when do we get the ASL version of the speach?? :)
Ooh, good idea. iSight + iMovie time tonight !

[LimeiBook86]

<shivers> No more Hamlet <shivers>

<remembers last year's english class>

:eek:

[OutThere]

LOL! When I saw this thread, titled "ASL thread (56k beware!)" I thought it was a typo for ASDL! As in the broadband thread - 56k people keep out or visit at their peril! But in fact, it stands for "American Sign Language" and the warning to dial-up users is that it will take a long time to load the pictures!

That just made my day!

heh, same deal here, I thought 'wtf kind of name is that for a thread?', then clicked, then saw the pictures, at which point I wondered (along with edesign) what had preceded the picture taking...then I read ahead....wow.

[LimeiBook86]

<posts picture of self in sexy pose>

<hears the sound of thousands of LCD screens, CRT screens, and glasses being broken around the world>

See this is yet another good example of why this thread shouldn't be about the "AOL Term" of ASL.

:D

[MacCoaster]

<posts picture of self in sexy pose>

<hears the sound of thousands of LCD screens, CRT screens, and glasses being broken around the world>

See this is yet another good example of why this thread shouldn't be about the "AOL Term" of ASL.

:D
Pffffft. Hell I made fun of people in here who thought it was an A/S/L thread (jokingly, not serious) by making that video. It was me telling my A/S/L in ASL.

Argh, that Hamlet video keeps screwing up. I'm bad at plays. It'll be here in a few days, I promise; before I go to RIT!

[Sneeper]

While we await the Hamlet, I'll post a small video I just made.. It's a strange sentence (if it even qualifies as one), but I'm trying to convey a SECRET MESSAGE. :)


http://www.forsythia.net/~amoran/videos/sneepsign2.wmv

Kingsnapped, sorry about the WMV. I'm *still* waiting for my G5s. :)

[MacCoaster]

Kingsnapped, sorry about the WMV. I'm *still* waiting for my G5s. :)
You got more than one Power Mac on order? BASTARD! Share! Share!

[Sneeper]

You got more than one Power Mac on order? BASTARD! Share! Share!

haha.. well, no.. its one PowerMac.. but it has two G5 processors. :)

but it was probably a typo.


So did you get my secret message?

[Sneeper]

So did you get my secret message?

Okay I'll give ya a hint. Watch the handshapes.

[Fuchal]

na, tristan's the only one who taught me anything...you dont even sign in videochats you just curse at me lol...

Tristan is a n00b.

[macidiot]

But ASL is 100x easier to learn than any spoken language, imo.

Its also up to 100x faster than a 14.4modem.

eh whats this thread about again? :rolleyes:

[applemacdude]

nope.
http://applegoddess.org/asl.jpg
sorry if it offends anyone :)

LOL über wats that supposed to mean? and can i have some? lol

[Sneeper]

Okay I'll give ya a hint. Watch the handshapes.

Okay I guess it was too subtle. My secret message was my name fingerspelled in the handshapes of the words. I thought I was being clever, but in retrospect maybe it was dumb. Doh.