Jonathan Coulton – The Future Soon – ASL Song


Jonathan Coulton’s “The Future Soon” in a mix of ASL and signed English. Thanks to the fans for all your requests! I’ve got more coming, hopefully every Sunday. Keep an eye out! Last week I left a note on Lauras desk LAST WEEK, LAURA DESK NOTE [PLACE-THERE] It said I love you signed anonymous friend QUOTE LOVE-YOU FROM SECRET FRIEND Turns out shes smarter than I thought she was SHE SMART-ER, FIGURE NOTE OUT She knows I wrote it, now the whole class does too SHE KNOWS NOTE MINE, SHE TELL CLASS And Im alone during couple skate NIGHT SKATE I ALONE When she skates by with some guy on her arm SEE-HER SKATE-BY, WITH MAN WHAT? But I know that Ill forget the look of pity in her face I FUTURE FORGET, SHE-PITY-ME When Im living in my solar dome on a platform in space WHEN LIVE IN DOME [in-space] Cause its gonna be the future soon FUTURE ARRIVE SOON And I wont always be this way I NOT ALWAYS STAY SAME When the things that make me weak and strange get engineered away MY WEAK, STRANGE ENGINEER-[MELT AWAY] Its gonna be the future soon FUTURE ARRIVE SOON Ive never seen it quite so clear SEE [ahead] GOOD And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and its already here DURING HEART-BREAK I SHUT-EYES, FUTURE HERE Ill probably be some kind of scientist I BECOME SCIENTIST Building inventions in my space lab in space CREATE BUILD++ IN MY STARS {LAB} Ill end world hunger Ill make dolphins speak WORLD I-FEED-IT, DOLPHINS TEACH-THEM TALK Work through the daytime, spend my nights and ….

sign language question?

im 15 and really want to learn sign language, and im wondering if asl is used more commonly throughout the world than bsl?
i live in ireland so i will probably be taught the british one, although im planning to live in spain or france when i grow up so im wondering if theres any point in learning a british version? would it still be useful to me?

also, because im only starting at 15 do you think i could learn it fluently enough to teach it when im older? i want to teach spanish and french aswell and i can learn vocabulary quite quickly. honestly do you think i could become good enough even though im starting so late?

thanks guys

xoxoxo
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Sign language…..somebody know a web page, someone or a program to learn about it?

Hi i’m 22 and i will like to learn this language, but i don’t know a web page, someone or a program so i can learn, please someone help me!. I been looking for a program or something for 5 or 6 years. If you know someone that know this language or he/she is learning let me know by giving me he/she e-mail or address….please!!!!
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What is an alternate way of learning American Sign Language without taking a class?

I am a home schooler that would love to learn Sign Language as my foreign language. But the thing is I don’t have the money to spend on taking classes or hire a tutor to teach me. I have heard that learning from a book may not be correct.

May I ask for any recommended and successful computer software, DVD’s or whatever is the best way to learn sign language. Plus, where can I meet Deaf people so I may get involved with their colture.
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Is it a good idea to teach your child (who is just learning to talk) sign language?

My sister in law teaches my nephew (who just turned 1) sign language. He has no hearing problems whatsoever — she just taught him sign language so he can communicate since he’s too young to talk a lot. (he’s been “signing” since he was 10-11 months).
He knows, “bottle”, “hungry”, “milk”, “feed me”, “all done”, and a couple other words.
The only thing is — we do NOT know what all the signs are! so he’ll try and tell us something by “signing it” and we have no clue what he’s saying!
Do you think it’s good to teach a normal baby sign language? or should you just teach them words?
[my mother in law just signed him up for a sign language class as part of his birthday present]

I’m just curious if the sign language is a good thing? or if it’ll be confusing for him in the long run?
[I personally think he won’t be so eager to learn to talk since he’s already communicating through sign language]

what do you think???
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Nickel Creek – The Lighthouse’s Tale – ASL Song


American Sign Language (ASL) Version of Nickel Creek’s haunting song “The Lighthouse’s Tale.” Performed by Stephen Torrence. Lyrics/gloss below: I am a lighthouse worn by the weather and the waves I LIGHTHOUSE, WEATHER, WAVES DETERIORATE-ME I keep my lamp lit to warn the sailors on their way LIGHT-ALL, WARN SAILORS (SAILING AWAY) I’ll tell a story, paint you a picture from my past I TELL STORY, SHOW-YOU MY PAST I was so happy but joy in this life seldom lasts PAST I HAPPY, BUT JOY NOT CONTINUE I had a keeper, he helped me warn the ships at sea I HAVE CARETAKER, HE HELP-ME WARN SHIPS We had grown closer ’til his joy meant everything to me TWO-OF-US CLOSE, I DEPEND-ON-HIM And he was to marry a girl who shown with beauty and light HE PLAN MARRY GIRL, BEAUTIFUL, BRIGHT They loved each other, and with me watched the sunsets into nights TWO-OF-THEM LOVE, THREE-OF-US WATCH SUNSET And the waves crashing around me WAVES (CRASH AROUND) The sand slips out to sea SAND (GOES-OUT-INTO) SEA And the winds that blow remind me WIND (BLOWING) REMIND-ME Of what has been and what can never be PAST AND FUTURE LOST She’d had to leave us; my keeper, he prayed for a safe return GIRL MUST LEAVE, CARETAKER PRAY SHE COME-BACK But when the night came, the weather to a raging storm had turned NIGHT, WEATHER BECOME STORM He watched her ship fight, but in vain against the wild and terrible wind WE WATCH, SHIP (MOVING), WIND (ASSAULT IT) And me so helpless, as dashed against the rocks she met her end I ….