Ex -JWs ASL Congragations

by Scott77 43 Replies latest jw experiences

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  Lady Lee

  dissed

  interesting set up with them att he front

  Our hall was set up with three sections of chairs i large in the center and 2 smaller on each side. Our deaf group sat half way to the back on the left smaller side. As the group grew they moved closer to the front but there was always a few rows behind the interpreter. By sitting part way back they had a better view of everhtying that was happening on the stage. This is what they liked.

  The group got large enough and finally had enough elders to start their own meetings. So they would have their separate meeting once a month - maybe that has changed.

  People watched the interpreters. gawd anything to break the boredom.
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  Mad Sweeney

  It's one of the few languages that can be "spoken" simultaneously with an auditory language without causing confusion or disruption.

  This is categorically 100% incorrect. Even the best simultaneous interpreters are nowhere near as coherent and true to message as someone signing directly in ASL. There IS a measure of confusion and disruption and sometimes that amount is massive, sometimes not so much. The grammar and structure of ASL is completely different from that of English.

  As for the ASL congregations being a good idea, the Deaf are a linguistic minority group with a unique culture and they deserve to have congregations in their own language. What's wrong is to keep them in groups with interpreted meetings.
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  watson

  "spiritual plumage.." LOL.
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  Lady Lee

  Even the best simultaneous interpreters are nowhere near as coherent and true to message as someone signing directly in ASL.

  Ummmm my SEE (Signed Exact English) is bang on - or it was. When the speaker took a pause I paused right along with him.

  I applied for a job as an interpreter in Winnipeg and the 2 teachers interviewing me were stunned at my speed and accuracy (one read from a script and the other watched me). But hey needed someone who could sigh in ASL and I wasn't qualified.
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  Mad Sweeney

  SEE is an entirely different thing, a transliteration (not interpretation) that doesn't involve changing the message to a different language but rather a different form of the same language. More to the point of this thread, SEE isn't used in ASL congregations or groups because SEE users aren't considered by the society as a linguistic minority with a distinct culture. ASL is its own thing.
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  Scott77

  Hi Brocephus , when you state that 'Deaf and attractive women turn me on...", what do you mean by that? Please, eloborate on that. Lady Lee, your proficiency in SEE confirm and the fact of you was not hired for lack of ASL qualification, confirms what Mad Sweeney pointed out. ASL and SEE are two different stuff. Its like water and oil.

  Scott77
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  cyberjesus

  Deaf and attractive women turn me on

  Whats the difference:-) .... Mute women turn me on even more.. :-D (just kidding)

  I'm not defending the WTS' way of doing things but the deaf have just as much right to have a meeting without the use of interpreters as any other small group.

  Yes they have the right to be brainwashed as well. Equal Opportunity Brainwashing
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  Brocephus

  I have seen some very pretty deaf women in my time and they turn me on. I don't know, maybe it is because it's very hard or inconvinient to lie "non-verbally".... I think they must make some pretty amazing sounds in the bedroom too.... Maybe I am a little twisted but I have thought about it so much I have actually thought of joining a deaf dating site. This really is another thread ha ha
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  Mad Sweeney

  Check your PMs Brocephus.
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  Lady Lee

  I agree It is a totally different thing. But that is what we were taught to use when interpreting in the hall

  However when I was talking with my deaf friends I fell into more ASL or a cross between the two. The better I knew someone the more I could read and use the ASL.