tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 01 14:20:13 1995
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Re: vIHadbogh Holmey
On Mon, 1 May 1995, William H. Martin wrote:
> According to Alan Anderson:
> >
> > > [...] ASL'e' je
> >
> > I don't know anybody who actually "speaks" ASL. :-)
> > (By the way, are you sure you mean "ASL" and not "Signed English"?)
>
> Now THERE'S a hearing-person bigoted remark/joke if I've ever
> read one. I've known deaf people who speak ASL. You don't have
> to use your mouth to speak, though that is the way most
> languages do it.
>
> I know a little signed English, myself, though I know that
> Holtej is fluent with it, as may be others here.
I'm more or less fluent with ASL. It is a bona fide language, spoken
with the body (it's more than just the hands. It incorporates facial
expressions in a way spoken languages do not, and it uses body language
to impart aspect to the signs). ASL different from signed English, which
is nothing more than a manual coding system for English. ASL is not English.
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