American Sign Language: The World is Yours
Let's all learn a positive affirmation in American Sign Language! 
What do you think, pretty easy one to remember? What do you want to learn how to say in ASL?
this is a good thing to learn
@Jill7cups If you asked me to sign "The world is yours" (in ASL, of course), this is not what I would have given you. But I guess the message gets through (hopefully), so that is good :) Platy
@cyanPlatypus6370
Hey Platy , May I ask how you would sign it differently? Like are there more words to sign?
Oh bother :( I had typed a nice long reply and explanation ... and now it's disappeared :(
My biggest trouble with this person's way of signing "the world is yours" is the manner in which he signs "world." I learned it as something a lot closer to this: (time: 6 seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwBiXoQLl6s Yet she signs it differently than I do also. Hers is much, MUCH closer to how I learned it.
For ASL (American Sign Language), a signer does not need more words/signs to communicate this phrase. If you asked me to sign using Signed Exact English (which is very rarely used any longer, as I understand it), then I would need more signs. These two, ASL and SEE, are very different - mainly as each has it's own rules of grammar and therefore what English words are signed or skipped or combined as needed.
I am hearing. There is no one deaf in my immediate family. I began learning ASL signs in children's choir at age 3 and 4. Much later (after I graduated from college), I learned more ASL when I worked for the Communication Services for the Deaf. I took ASL 1 and 2. These were a sort of community education type classes - yet they were each 20-ish weeks long and buy textbook etc. I have helped to interpret the services at my church. I would not say I am fluent exactly. It was so fun to learn that I could 'talk' with my (now) friend who lives in our building. Somehow I found out she is deaf and just sort of introduced myself. We have good times and she my canine :)
Oh, that's another thing. ASL also has regional 'dialect?' like American English does. So there are sometimes more than one sign that means the exact same thing. There are three signs I can think of just now that mean "dog." I heard once that within America there are 27 different signs for "pizza!" 
So, hey, as long as you can communicate and not get "lost in interpretation," right? haha :) Platy
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@cyanPlatypus6370
Thank you for this!!! ♥️
@Jill7cups
I have been taking ASL for 2 years! 🤟
@bblueskies that is so cool! I've always wanted to learn it but not sure how often I'd ever get to actually use it.
Jillian - Perhaps that is true (how often would I use this?), but I would encourage you to try it out. Take a class or go to an event. ASL is really fun, in my opinion. It is really like learning a 2nd, 3rd, ... language! Plus if you need any help ... we're here! 7cups unite in assistance! :) <3 You might be surprised when, where, and how often the need for (or at least use for) ASL will come up in your life; that is often how it is for me anyway 
Platy
@Jill7cups
@cyanPlatypus6370
Sorry, just had to comment on what you said about how learning ASL is really like learning a 2nd or 3rd language. It's not just like that is actually is that. ASL is a langauge, with it's on grammer and rules. The fact that it doesn't happen to be a spoken language doesn't mean that it isn't a lanuage. So if yuo chose to learn ASL (and I hope you do), You are absolutely learning another language.
@BrightWriter .... I dislike that there is no dislike button. This is precisely why I said above that I do not want to argue over this - or anything within this thread :(
Would it be better for you if I added "just"? Learning ASL is "just" like learning a 2nd or 3rd language.
Please drop it. It is not important enough for me to argue over small things like which word I used and what I meant by it, whether you read it the way I meant or not 
~ disappointed Platy (and I have learned a lot of ASL. Again, read above.)
@cyanPlatypus6370
Apparently it IS that important enough to you that you posted
That is not how you sign "the world is yours" in ASL
For some ASL positivity, check out THIS link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4xRWCsX3YI
@BrightWriter that is such a sweet video, thanks for sharing! Also a sneak peak at someone I'll be posting about here in the somewhat near future.
Thank you Jill7cups, glad you liked it. Just wanted to say it's very cool to ASL and Deafness represented here at 7cups. I am Hearing but fluent Signer and a longtime volunteer with my local Deaf community.
@BrightWriter no way! Is it very different than this gif?
World is radically different. Yours is similar but not signed with two hands. That sign (two hands, palms out like that) means wonderful.
Check out aslpro.com. You can look up individual signs, see them in video, play them slowly so you catch it. Here's the link.
www.aslpro.com/cgi-bin/aslpro/aslpro.cgi
I love to learn sign language and always wanted to.I hope there are more such positive sign language lessons.
@affectionateMelon602
Start by learning the alphabet and numbers. Start slow and give your hands a chance to get used to it. Because it might hurt, but just stretch before and after.
I know a bit of ASL and absolutely love it, I just can't keep up with it since there isn't anyone where I live who knows how to sign
I love ASL! I'm autistic, and though I am verbal, I'm learning just in case, ya know?
I've learnt some BSL and Makaton, although I'm very out of practise so I could do with some refresher classes!
Hi Lotte! A very short video for you .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQYSPF433xY I agree though, it is hard when you have no one around to sign with.
@LittleLotte - I've not heard of Makaton. What is that please? <3 Platy
@cyanPlatypus6370
The ASL sign for 'practice' is similar to the BSL sign - https://youtu.be/3F_JkHu3SFc
Makaton is a mixture of signs and symbols for those who can hear but can't necessarily speak clearly or have trouble communicating, such as people with autism. Some of the signs are very similar to BSL but are more simplified, plus the word order is in spoken word order (unlike BSL which hasa different word order).
I feel that I don't have a place anywhere
I speak DT (= Danish Signlanguage) a little. Tried to become a deaf interpreter a few years back and feel in love with the language :D
Love this!!
And for anyone saying this should be signed differently... ASL is a super cool language in a sense that different people sign things differently. With signs constantly evolving, you are going to meet lots of people who sign things differently than you. My ASL teacher has instructed us to never correct how someone signs something, as long as they are getting their message across. Using signs in different context, or signing it in different orders is perfectly fine. 😌
@HeyItsRoo
This wasn't about context or order, this was about using non-ASL signes and saying they were ASL. You are 100% right that you should never correct what someone is signing, that the important part is getting their message across. Lots of people use Home Sign, gestures, Cuing and all kinds of systems.
I wasn't correcting a Signer. I was simply pointing out that the post claiming to be ASL was not ASL
