Promoting better rights for deaf signers living in Scotland via opportunities, democracy and ScotsSL education. #ProtectScottishSignLanguage #AyeSign #ScotsSL
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It can be notoriously difficult to educate the general public on signed languages, let alone Scottish Sign Language. Few linguists have done a good job of doing that by undergoing meticulous research. They are also open to feedback, it’s always a work in progress.
It’s interesting to see the SNP MSP promoting Southern English Sign Language for oor so-called Scottish language legislation. You can see the interpreter making no effort to learn Scottish Sign Language signing, despite the etiquette generally accepted by people worldwide.
Imagine this? Signs@HWU vehemently arguing that it has to be mandatory to respect the etiquette agenda here in Scotland, because Scotland *is* a nation in its own right, and Scottish Sign Language is a product of the Scottish independent education system. But no!
Watching the Elementary, Dear Data episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. That’s the Scottish literary influence behind Sherlock Holmes and, subsequently, modern-day detective stories such as Poirot. A Scot helped to shape and popularise the genre. Impressive stuff.
It’s the Scottish Sign Language sign for USE or USED, as in, we’re getting USED to seeing them describe us as a region on par with Yorkshire or the South East. If you look carefully at the sign for REGION, every single person points towards southern England as a starting point.
You’ve got two groups of people. One of them is actually shocked that there is such a thing as Scottish signing, and it normally needs to be verified by hearing people unfortunately.
And the other group is equally shocked to see Scottish Sign Language signs.
It’s interesting how certain English deaf signers are saying to us, you have a good point in terms of Scottish Sign Language, an independent broadcasting platform, a democratic Scottish language body, and a Scottish corpus, but they don’t want it at all. They’re much more 🇬🇧.
For example, we had a so-called Scottish deaf space at that event, if you like: research.ed.ac.uk/en/activit…
What happened at the event? 🇬🇧 hearing interpreters made a series of interventions, arguing against the recognition of Scottish Sign Language. You had to be there to see it!
