ani difranco’s ‘make me stay’ in sign language


— its funny watching this now… i made this video about a year before i graduated from my program. though this wasn’t an assignment for a class, its representative of what i would have done at the time. there are parts of this i have to chuckle and blush at in retrospect… but i keep it posted for nostalgia’s sake. this is also a good example of “live” interpretation. no bells and whistles to the video; it was filmed in a single shot. memorized and practiced of course, but no cutting or editing. understand that doing this is very different than putting clips together over a longer period of time. doing a live interpretation in front of a live audience takes a lot of gusto, chutzpah, and dare i say ‘balls’ – my hat is totally off to terps in the field who do this 😀.

“Just A Dream” in ASL


“Just A Dream” by Carrie Underwood, expressed in American Sign Language. [All lyrics and music are property and copyright of their owners. I am not the owner, nor do I take any credit.] Requested By: mellrosejoy carclubgirl26 boredasheck1991 drawingangels4u bballl34 Wednesday2Adams TX30022 Lyrics: It was two weeks after the day she turned eighteen All dressed in white Going to the church that night She had his box of letters in the passenger seat Sixpence in her shoe, something borrowed, something blue And when the church doors opened up wide She put her veil down Trying to hide the tears Oh she just couldn’t believe it She heard the trumpets from the military band And the flowers fell out of her hand Baby why’d you leave me Why’d you have to go? I was counting on forever, now I’ll never know I can’t even breathe It’s like I’m looking from a distance Standing in the background Everybody’s saying, he’s not coming home now This can’t be happening to me This is just a dream The preacher man said let us bow our heads and pray Lord please lift his soul, and heal this hurt Then the congregation all stood up and sang The saddest song that she ever heard Then they handed her a folded up flag And she held on to all she had left of him Oh, and what could have been And then the gun’s rang one last shot And it felt like a bullet in her heart Baby why’d you leave me Why’d you have to go? I was counting on forever, now I’ll never know I can’t even breathe It’s like I’m looking from a ….

Sign language study shows multiple brain regions wired for language

Sign language study shows multiple brain regions wired for language
(PhysOrg.com) — A new study from the University of Rochester finds that there is no single advanced area of the human brain that gives it language capabilities above and beyond those of any other animal species.

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