Dirty Signs with Kristin is an informative YouTube channel that teaches you how to sign things you may need to use in day-to-day conversation, like
cum dumpster,
suck my cock, Trebek,
nice shoes, wanna fuck?, it's like Christmas in my mouth, you have a sandy vagina,
twat waffle, and many more (
NSFW).
posted by Lutoslawski
on Dec 15, 2011 -
33 comments
Koko, the Western Lowland Gorilla who is able to understand more than 1,000 signs based on American Sign Language and 2,000 words of spoken English, has met some celebrities over the years.
In 1988, William Shatner had a memorable visit with Koko, as
seen in part in this edited clip, and
re-told on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross in 2009.
Mister Rogers visited in 1998 (
YouTube clip), as part of series of shows addressing children's fears of meeting someone new or unusual. In 2004,
Koko met Betty White and
Robin Williams. (
Koko and other non-human primates using and learning sign language previously)
posted by filthy light thief
on Nov 11, 2011 -
12 comments
Ventiçello is a miniature ceramic village sculpted and photographed by Steven Travis, who also invented a language and script called
Tapissary, inspired by American Sign Language, which appears on the images.
posted by Kattullus
on Aug 24, 2007 -
5 comments
American Sign Language Flash Video Dictionary is a high quality, free dictionary with a huge number of signs. It includes specialized dictionaries of religious signs, conversational phrases, and ASL for babies. Unfortunately it's not possible to link to specific signs, but if you look inside you'll find words from "Abbreviate" to "Zoom" and phrases such as "I cannot fasten my belt," "has he been neutered?" "I already took a bath," "are you married?" and "I need a better firewall."
posted by alms
on Jul 25, 2007 -
17 comments
Popular:
It's Like That,
Humble Neighborhood,
Son of a Preacher Man,
Beautiful,
Barbi Girl,
Truly Madly Deeply,
I'm Alive
Indie:
Blister in the Sun,
Across the Sea,
Tom's Diner,
Zombie; Classics:
The Rose (
more, also
without lyrics),
Revolution,
Hotel California
Rap/Hip Hop (some comedic):
Baby Got Back,
Ice Ice Baby,
Music (
more),
Paul Revere,
Grillz,
White and Nerdy,
Where'd You Go
Non-English songs:
Film Dust,
Comme Elle Vient;
Pseudosign:
Torn (
again),
Sweet Home Alabama
Instructions:
general tips,
religious songs, and how to sign "
rock & roll"
posted by jessamyn
on Mar 14, 2007 -
27 comments
Experts Study New Sign Language System A new system of sign language developed by deaf children in Nicaragua may hold clues about the evolution of languages. When the country's first school for the deaf was established in 1977, children were not taught sign language but developed a system of signs to communicate. Childhood learning may determine linguistic rules ...They found that older students used hand signals resembling the gestures employed by hearing people, mimicking the entire event physically. But younger pupils - who had interacted with other deaf children from an early age - used a more complex series of signs. They split the scene into component parts and arranged these sequentially to convey the incident. The constructions resemble the way words and sentences are built in verbal languages, using segments structured in a linear fashion. This indicates that way the younger children learnt the sign language helped reshape it according to these linguistic rules. ...............
Fascinating... /Mr. Spock
posted by y2karl
on Sep 18, 2004 -
20 comments
Bar Signs. Modern Drunkard has posted a handy guide for the alcoholic in us all, a set of gestures to communicate your needs when it's too loud to hear, or just because, as the site says, "when words come out, whiskey can't get in."
posted by jonson
on Dec 16, 2002 -
21 comments
