Hat tip Hardscrabble Farmer
Is sign language even real?
Governor Rick Scott delivered a hurricane warning on Saturday morning.
But all eyes were on his very enthusiastic sign language interpreter.
There’s no way you can focus on Governor Scott with this guy up there.
Hat Tip Andrew-
I don’t understand the need for this when for years we’ve had this thing called CLOSED CAPTIONING.
yes, indeed. you don’t understand.
signing is both faster than CC, and imparts inflection and intent in a more human way.
but I guess this site should be expected to harbor the feeling of “yeah, fuck those deafos”
real high class 😉
Anziz Ansari was never that funny.
Most of them … at least the ones I see on TV … make silly faces. This guy raises it up a notch.
I think you have to first go to Clown School before becoming a sign language dude/dudette.
sure, it looks “silly and clowny” to you… because your survival has never relied on your ability to lipread someones face.
“hey ho aren’t deaf people wierdoes?” – y’all are hilarious… no wait..
They have this extortion thing going; they charge $1000 and up for the service, and sue you if you refuse to hire them. Lawsuit standing is based in Americans With Disabilities Act.
Robert(QSLV)
When he found out we really had no money and he couldn’t get paid, he dropped the suit and the deaf guy in our group like a stone.
Robert(QSLV)
ASL (American Sign Language) includes facial expressions as part of its grammar and usage. Some people are simply more expressive than others. Also, if an interpreter knows that they are going to be a distance away from someone or in a small part of a TV screen, I’d guess that they would intentionally exaggerate all their motions and gestures to be clearer.
The governor never uses the words “ice cream”, but the interpreter uses that expression three different times.
I’m no ASL whiz, but I know when someone is shining people on and that guy was a fake.
You tell us what he’s actually saying if you know so much. I’m all ears and no, that wasn’t supposed to be funny.
It was, but it wasn’t supposed to be.
Was this good ASL? don’t know. Was it awful ASL? don’t know. Was it out and out fakery? probably not. The guy knew some signs and had some sense of the flow of the language.
I spent a couple years learning ASL from a friend who interprets and a few Deaf people at our church. I usually sat with them during services and am used to watching interpreted ASL. I never reached the point of following full speed ASL and I’m pretty rusty now, but I did get a decent sense of the language for what what feels natural in it and what does not. I practiced enough that I got used to watching for particular aspects of gestures and expressions that distinguish different signs from others.
I just watched the video carefully. The interpreter appeared to be about 1 to 2 sentences or phrases behind the speaker (which is to be expected since they listen and sign what they hear). I listened to the speaker and then looked for signs I knew. I definitely saw some real signs I expected to see (house, water, wind, storm, force, water levels, police, family, help). I cannot comment if the guy is any good as interpreter or not. Perhaps some of what he did was gibberish, but at least some of what he was doing was ASL and at least some of his facial gestures fell in line with what I was used to seeing from native signers, lots of puffed cheeks, extended tongue, various levels of mouth opening and closing, and furrowed and raised brows. The ASL sign for ice-cream (at least the dialect of ASL I learned) is vertically holding your hand like holding a cone and making a circle twice as if to lick it twice but with your mouth closed. I looked for this sign but did not see it. Anyone interested could go to http://www.lifeprint.com for ASL lessons and an online dictionary of illustrated signs (including ice-cream).
I was curious so I researched this more. My friend the interpreter said it was good work. She said that the extreme facial gestures, etc. were basically the ASL equivalent of turning on the caps lock and saying THIS IS SERIOUS PEOPLE!!!