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I used to be able to do "America the Beautiful" in sign language.
I forgot most of it though. whee

I know SOME sign language...if someone were to re-teach me, I can do it again. I had to sign so many songs for my schools and church, I'm surprised I don't remember them [maybe because it was forced on me...]

But yeah. Same grammar structure as English and it's like dancing, so it's no big deal. :3

Well, minus a few words...yeah. n.n;

no ._. almost every country has its own. some contries share (canada and I believe mexico share ASL)

I can sign using Auslan (Australian Sign Language) biggrin
I used to be quite fluent, but I haven't used it for quite a while, so I'm getting a bit rusty.

I'm very good at signing 'Slow Down, I need more practice!' lol

I live in Canada,but I know some English signs....I also learned a couple of Canadian signs too...

Actually, Mexico and Canada each have their own sign language. (I only know this because we had a couple visit our church from Mexico, and the husband was deaf.)

Almost every country in the world has their own sign language; infact, there are even differences just traveling through the USA. Just like if you are from the south, you'd call a Dr. Pepper, Coca-Cola, or any other beverage of that sort a "coke", and if you are from up north you'd probably call it a "pop" or a "soda." Sign language has similar differences.



You are correct about ASL and Signed English being different though. Both are used in the USA, but Signed English has the same grammatical structure as spoken English. (ex. you would litteraly sign "the-dog-ran-down-the-street.") whereas ASL has a very different grammatical structure. (ex. for the same sentence you would sign "dog(establish its location in sign space)-street(establish its location)-ran(show dog running down the street)")


O_O wow that was a lot longer post than I had planned on haha ^_^;;