Cee Lo's Fuck You in Sign Language, SO Cool!

I think I need to practice this
siftbotsays...

Double-Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Sunday, January 9th, 2011 4:45pm PST - doublepromote requested by kronosposeidon.

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dystopianfuturetodaysays...

So it seems that you can flip asl right or left, or in the case of 'fuck' and 'you', use a mirror image with both hands. Do right and left handed people orient differently? Is flipping and mirroring used for punctuation and dramatic effect? It also seems that there is no sign for 'niggah'. Are there racist or demeaning signs? Just curious.

alien_conceptsays...

>> ^arghness:

>> ^Opus_Moderandi:
>> ^bareboards2:
ASL rocks.

Is that ASL? I learned a totally different sign for "fuck"

Yeah, I'm not sure about which sign language this is -- the video title on the hosting site says ASL but alien_concept has tagged with makaton.


Only because I saw some makaton used in there which I know a tiny little bit of, but then some of the sign is transferable. I can change it

sruesays...

To answer some questions here, yes, this is ASL. Although most Deaf people would probably call it "signed English," since it uses English sentence structure.

Regarding the "mirror" aspect of ASL, your observation is accurate. ASL is considered a one-handed language, meaning that one dominant hand controls the signing. When another hand it used, it is almost always mirroring the dominant hand or not moving at all. A left-handed person would use their left hand as the dominant signing hand. Compare this to British Sign Language, a two-handed language, that uses both hands in distinct ways for most signs.

Naturally there are tons of crude signs in ASL. The girl in this video may not have known them or perhaps chose not to use them. They typically don't get taught in ASL classes. ASL has a great variety of regional differences, which is why some people may know difference signs for "fuck." Also, signs evolve over time. Some signs that were once considered perfectly fine are now rude or inappropriate (see "Irish"; the terms for gay and lesbian are also heading this direction).

Finally, a lot of popular proper nouns do have their own signs, but not all. I am not sure if Ferrari and Atari do.

Sagemindsays...

Yes, I learned a different sign for "That word" as well. And I agree with the one handed thing.
Another term used for one handed sign is lazy-sign (slang) - though it's completely valid.

Among the deaf people I know, they never use two hands, especially if you are doing something at the time, like driving a car (can't be hands-free when you're deaf.)

Yes, proper sign uses two hands in a lot of cases but when do we ever speak proper English? (It's just not practical)

As for the grammar, if you translated sign back into English, it would sound childish as only the key words are used to communicate something. like "We go town" instead of "We are going to go down town." Sign is best translated as explained rather than direct-translated.

This is fun though, My niece used to stand up at school events and translate them into sign (unrehearsed). Mainly she did this so her dad could come to events and feel part of the event. People with hearing impairments miss out on a lot of the regular stuff we take for granted, like common-banter when hanging out with us hearing folk. After being around them for so long you start to forget they're deaf, especially if they can read lips. Never forget to stop and explain what is going on once in a while...

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