Recap of class #2:
I have a pickle with the ASL sign for orange. It is just plain weird. I now know the sign for weird.
Monday, 23 April 2012
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
ASL: Part 1 of...
I, one half of project hilarious (but NOT chief-in-charge of twits), have recently enrolled in an American Sign Language course (ASL) with the goal of hopefully being able to communicate with my potential future brother-in-law. And while I am optimistic that some form of communication will soon be possible, I am starting to believe that my inner hilarity will trump any true progress. There are two main reasons for my hesitation in stating firmly that 'I WILL' have a relatively mature banter with this gent at some point in the near future. For starters, after 3 hrs of teachings, the only question I can ask him accurately is "You were born where?" And yes, this is obviously an important piece of information to know about someone, however, it really can only be asked at most, three times. And that is being totally generous!
The second reason, and the inspiration behind the hopefully much-anticipated newest post, is that I managed to trigger a heated debate about congruent triangles. This, I believe, is worthy of a project hilarious post and a new mini series titled ASL.
Look at the image below. Are these triangles the same or different? If you said different, then you are in serious need of a geometry refresher course. If you said the same, Mazel Tov! You understand the concept of congruency. Well done!
So the heated debate came in class when the teacher drew these triangles on the white board and asked us to sign if they were the same or different. I signed the same. Because they are. The teacher, on the other hand, disagreed and said they were different. This banter went on for about 5 minutes. What made it hilarious was that this was my first sign language class. Actually, this took place within the first 20 minutes of my first sign language class. Furthermore, I am NOT proficient in ASL, hence the only question I can ask my potential future brother-in-law is "You were born where?". So this fight between my deaf teacher who is fluent in American Sign Language, Australian Sign Language, and Japanese Sign Language and myself, who is of the hearing variety was, well, let's just say, impeded.
The second reason, and the inspiration behind the hopefully much-anticipated newest post, is that I managed to trigger a heated debate about congruent triangles. This, I believe, is worthy of a project hilarious post and a new mini series titled ASL.
Look at the image below. Are these triangles the same or different? If you said different, then you are in serious need of a geometry refresher course. If you said the same, Mazel Tov! You understand the concept of congruency. Well done!
So the heated debate came in class when the teacher drew these triangles on the white board and asked us to sign if they were the same or different. I signed the same. Because they are. The teacher, on the other hand, disagreed and said they were different. This banter went on for about 5 minutes. What made it hilarious was that this was my first sign language class. Actually, this took place within the first 20 minutes of my first sign language class. Furthermore, I am NOT proficient in ASL, hence the only question I can ask my potential future brother-in-law is "You were born where?". So this fight between my deaf teacher who is fluent in American Sign Language, Australian Sign Language, and Japanese Sign Language and myself, who is of the hearing variety was, well, let's just say, impeded.
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