Signs for 'donut' & 'bagel'

Quick Question for Ya'all:

Off the point: On-line Garage Sale!!!

Boy oh boy! It's been FOREVER since I've posted! I've been having an INSANELY busy summer! One of the things I'm doing is cleaning out our house and garage of things that we never use thus the reason for this on-line garage sale. For those of you who don't know, I'm preggers with my 2nd child so the nesting syndrome must be hitting me. BTW, did you know that the average household does NOT use about 80% of their stuff????!!!! Isn't that CRAZY?!! But I believe it!

Below are links to items for sale that go directly to Craig's List (easier than uploading everything). If you are interested in any of the items for sale (shipping costs will be extra but I'm willing to negotiate), shoot me an e-mail: kiwibrooks(at)yahoo.com

Happy browsing!

Quilt: http://burlington.craigslist.org/hsh/794388805.html

Kids' Diesel shoes: http://burlington.craigslist.org/bab/794392347.html

Kids' Vincent shoes: http://burlington.craigslist.org/bab/794425430.html

Baby Hawk Mei Tai Carrier: http://burlington.craigslist.org/bab/794440048.html

Computer speakers: http://burlington.craigslist.org/sys/794395316.html

Subaru Forester rims: http://burlington.craigslist.org/pts/794405717.html

Honda Civic wheel covers: http://burlington.craigslist.org/pts/794406317.html

Honda Civic left headlight: http://burlington.craigslist.org/pts/794410936.html

Kelty frame backpack, etc: http://burlington.craigslist.org/bab/794348706.html

IKEA baby gym: http://burlington.craigslist.org/bab/794336742.html

IKEA sun light fixture: http://burlington.craigslist.org/bab/794331523.html

IKEA table and chairs: http://burlington.craigslist.org/bab/794325749.html

Wedding dress: http://burlington.craigslist.org/clo/794423295.html

Deaf Women of New England Conference 2008

*** Early-Bird registration ENDS on May 31st!!!***

This biannual event will take place at the Sheraton Hotel in Burlington, Vermont from Friday, November 14th through Sunday, November 16th of THIS year - 2008.


The theme for the 2008 Deaf Women of New England conference is "Honoring Mother Earth, Cherishing Our Future." With global warming creating a negative impact on our planet Earth, changes in our lifestyles will be necessary in order for our future generations to even have a future. This conference will be unique because it will be as eco-friendly as possible. We are making a commitment to sustainability by attempting to reduce our waste. One of the things we will do is avoid using things that cannot be recycled or be reused. More information on what we are doing to reduce our impact on planet Earth will be shared on our website at a later date.

Registration for early-bird is *only* $100 and that includes: a goody bag, Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast and lunch (dinner on your own), Sunday breakfast and lunch, and Saturday evening's entertainment. You are responsible for your own hotel accommodations (see website link below for hotel info).


If you have not yet registered, registration forms are on-line at the link below. Make sure your envelope is postmarked by MAY 31st for your Early-Bird Registration!

If you are interested in being a presenter for the conference, click on the link below to download the Call for Papers application.

If you are interested in setting up a booth at the conference, click on the link below to download the Vendor/Booth application.

If you are interested in placing an ad from your agency or company in the conference program book, click on the link below to download the Program Book Ad Application.

http://www.uvm.edu/~kogrizov/DWNE2008/

Questions? E-mail me: DWNE2008(at)gmail(dot)com. Hope to see you this coming fall!

What are your VEGGIE signs?

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Transcript:

Sorry took so long to make other video! Busy plus sick. Today will try to answer some questions and respond to comments. Don’t need to check, check, check for new post. Simple go to bloglines.com, create account and type in my blog address and other blog addresses. When see BOLD, then mean new post. Click and read. Me read over 100 blogs, save time!

To anonymous: want to be clear that I am NOT forcing anyone to create a sign on the spot. All of us use home signs with our families so I thought that if someone already has an awesome sign for a word that has no sign, why not share it with the rest of the ASL community and use it? I disagree that F/S improves English. If you read Paddy Ladd’s book “Understanding Deaf Culture,” you will realize that back before the Oralism movement, Deaf people had BETTER English skills and knew how to spell correctly. Nowadays, English literacy is a major concern. So this is proof that Oralism and fingerspelling are not the key to good English skills. The key is what? Strong foundation in ASL and parent involvement. Myself grow up parents always checked to make sure I understood what that word meant, explained, explained. Before me nod-nod but now I realize valuable.

Laronda, I don’t know how to add video comments to this blog so if anyone knows how I can add that, let me know. I’ve contacted Taylor via email but he never responded. For now, why don’t all of you make a video comment in YouTube and then cut and paste the link in your comment?

Rachel, I fingerspelled ASL Junkie to EMPHASIZE the title. In ASL, it’s proper grammar to fingerspell title and then give sign. Now that all know about this title, I will use sign “SIGN JUNKIE” from now on! Smile!

GEO- sign for “INDEX” depends on context? Are you talking about INDEX CARDS? Then simply describe what it looks like. Other context, not sure, need more info! Smile!

Ok, Katie gave me the perfect topic to start: let’s do veggies! Katie (hohjo clan) wants to know what’s the sign for cucumber. Good question! I talked to an older deaf woman here in VT and she says she fingerspells CUKE. What’s up with the fingerspelling? Anyone out there have a different sign for cucumber? Or have ideas of what the sign should be? While we are on the topic of veggies, here are some veggie signs I use:
Asparagus
Green beans
Peas
Celery (thanks Christine!)

Now I challenge you! Need signs for:
Cauliflower
Green/Red/Orange Pepper
Eggplant
Cabbage/Lettuce (same sign?)
Beet
Turnip
Parsnip
Butternut Squash
Other veggies?

Looking forward to seeing ideas from you!!!

Welcome to ASL Junkie: Think Tank!

Transcript:

Hello! My name is Keri and my name sign is "8" on the side of the chin. The reason for this name sign is that my family is from Ireland and in Ireland, the sign for "K" is "8." So the name sign has stuck ever since.

Anyway, welcome to my weblog titled "ASL Junkie." The reason I set up this blog is because a few months ago I realized that I was really frustrated with my own language which is ASL. I feel limited using ASL. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that ASL as a language is limiting. For example, when I read books to my 2-year-old son in ASL, I sign to him until I come across a word that doesn't have a sign. There's no excuse for that because that particular word (usually a noun) has been around for a long time therefore there should be a sign for it. Evidently, I have to resort to fingerspelling for such words. Please understand that I don't have a problem fingerspelling short words such as CAR, BAG, or DOG. Those words are fine but I'm talking about longer words that I have to fingerspell. My son is only 2 and long words would be incomprehensible to him.

It so happened that I met Peter Cook and while he was telling me a story, he signed a word (both hands laying sideways with closed "5" handshape side and movement is like a helmet cover opening and closing) . I interrupted him and asked what that sign meant. It was the sign for "knight." I thought it was a cool sign and it made perfect sense! Now when I read stories to my son, I can incorporate this sign without resorting to fingerspelling.

Later that same week, I also met Coco, the DeafBlind woman, and she happened to use a sign while we were talking (weak hand in "1" handshape while dominant hand pinching tip of left pointer finger). It was the sign for "asparagus." Another cool sign! Canada has many cool signs that are different from Americans. Just yesterday I learned another cool Canadian sign...oh, wait, it was not a Canadian sign...never mind about that but the sign for "pancake" I learned was the weak hand being palm up while the dominant hand makes a circle around the weak hand with the pointer finger and touches the palm after completing the circle. I thought it was a cool sign! Finally an ASL sign, not English sign that I was sick of using ("p" handshape on palm with same movement as "cook"). It was the only sign that I knew for "pancake." I tried to come up with another sign for pancake but it never felt right. I've tried to come up with my own sign for different things but I feel that it needs to be shared with others to spread its usage. I want to throw out English words and you to tell me what your sign for those words are. I don't mean to use English to apply ASL concepts. There are things like people, places and names of things that should have a sign but do not.

One good example is that there are no signs for many vegetables, i.e. "broccoli." I don't know what your sign is for "broccoli" but my sign is similar to the sign for "tree" only the wrist of the dominant hand touches the weak hand's arm and makes a "row" of broccoli along the arm. It's the best sign I could come up with. If you have a sign for "broccoli," do share it with me. I would be happy to share it with everyone on this weblog and even use it myself. Also, my ASL students could benefit from your knowledge.

There was another time that I got together with a group of deaf women, maybe 3 months ago. We were outside hiking in the woods and one woman talked about a tree and signed a word to describe it (bent pointer finger at nose and wrist bent to move bent pointer finger down-similar to sign for "witch"). I asked her what the sign meant and she replied that it meant "rotten." It's a neat sign and a very old one too used by older generations here in Vermont. I don't know if you or others use the same sign or not.

So this place (weblog) is a perfect place for those who are addicted to ASL (ASL Junkies) to come together and brainstorm/share signs. This will further the development of ASL as a language instead of allowing English signs or fingerspelling to take over. Fingerspelling ought to be completely removed from ASL. Honestly, ASL does not need fingerspelling except for names. There are just too many words that should have signs but do not. Many countries in other parts of the world don't even have fingerspelling. ASL should be the same way or at least similar. Maybe you disagree with me on this and feel that fingerspelling is an important part of ASL. That's fine with me since you have a right to your own opinions. As for me, I am just feeling frustrated and tired of fingerspelling repeatedly. That's just me. (laugh)

I hope you will visit this weblog and watch my vlogs, share the signs you use, your experiences, whatever you like. Everyone is welcome! Thank you! (thumbs up)