Rebecca can the No 10 be signed just using one hand with all fingers spread showing the front and back of the hand .🤔. & If so is this an acceptable and recognised method for the No 10 ? Btw. Brilliant video really enjoyed .. Many thanks Ade.
hmm, there are still many words which differ.. lorry vs truck, boot vs trunk, taxi vs cab, ... Then you have different writing, like colour vs color. Then there is pronunciation. Taken that all together, I'm not surprised that they use different sign language. However, despite the differences it is also remarkable in which they are similar. For instance, both languages make an effort to visualize the characters as they were written and the numbers show countable digits (literally), then modified by static poses and then motions as the numbers grow larger.
I studied ASL for half a year many years ago (for no immediate reason) and, from what I see here, I definitely prefer the greater single-hand possibilities of ASL over BSL. - Rebecca, you did a great job demonstrating the differences. So very clear.
OMG, i’m brazilian and learn Libras (Língua Brasileira de Sinais), which is brazilian sign language, and it is SO DIFFERENT FROM BSL, I’M FREAKING OUT! your alphabet is SOO WEIRD HAHAHAHAHAHAH but i loved it! Libras and ASL have the same french influence, but BSL is really different and i’m actually thinking about learning ASL and BSL now... congratulations for the video, you nailed it!!!! 🤟🏼
2:23 I remember that BSL from the film Four Weddings & A Funeral, when Hugh Grant was communicating with his Deaf Brother....brilliantly described btw x
I know the ASL fingerspelling but honestly the BSL seems more convenient cause the signs look like the letters. Also, using the five fingers for the vowels is like...brilliant. Thanks for the neat vid!!
They say the BSL alphabet is like writing with a pen and paper. So your non-dominant hand is the paper and your dominant hand is the pen. So taking your example of the vowels, I’m right handed so I use my right hand to point to the fingers on my left, to indicate the vowels. C is the only single hand sign in the alphabet and this will be done with my right. G is on hand on top of the other and it is the dominant that goes on top. This goes for all signs. Dominant hand always makes the action. I used to think I liked the look of ASL but actually lots of the signs looks so alike I think I would really struggle.
I disagree, respectfully. Something as basic as the alphabet isn’t easily understandable in BSL. In the ASL alphabet, most of the letters look exactly the way they’re written in English
@@flyingpiggie979 in reality. 🤣 ASL looks much better and easier. There's no way BSL is easier to someone who doesn't know sign language. ASL is much easier to understand. I'll take ASL over BSL any day.
I'm the opposite from you :D I'm learning BSL from ASL because I'm moving to England. I've heard there are many Deaf in London that are American so I might not feel alone!
Well lots of Deaf people who use BSL will find it easy to learn ASL since they already know a sign language so it’s easier for them to learn a different sign language, it’s a visual language. Sorry it’s hard for me to explain, I’m not good at explaining things! But I hope that makes sense :)
@@puterahaziman2205 I think it would be better if we had one sign language for english speaking countries. Its just another barrier to entry and something which makes learning asl or bsl less useful, plus it's a tricky choice.
@@jack.1. I see... but I guess there's something (which you may know already, but I'll just say it) that these sign languages are natural languages and evolved independently. BSL and ASL is significantly different as ASL is adapted from LSF (from France)... I guess it sounds a little ridiculous, because it's similar to saying English and German shouldn't exist, or perhaps Mandarin and French shouldn't be "different languages" (not sure how to word this). Sorry if I misunderstood you though
@@puterahaziman2205 you are right and I understand. My comment is only an ideal. It may be rude, but if I'm being honest, to me I am not interested how the language evolved or the culture of the language as much as just wanting a way to communicate with more people.
I kinda wonder what sign language in Canada would look like if we had “CSL” and not used ASL. Using ASL helps keep thing less complicated though. It being easier to communicate and understand in both countries is a huge plus.
I subscribed to their channel since ages ago, they seem like a lovely couple and their videos are really good. No problem, I tried my best but I’m glad it helped you a bit :) but please don’t copy my mistake though haha, I’m still learning ASL myself.
@@amyablett3439 Just so you know, Sign Duo doesn't really do ASL. In one of the videos someone commented that the female does pidgin sign or signed English, something like that but not ASL. The grammar is different.
@@YourMom-jd6jp Both use a mix of PSE and SEE from what I recall Ryan saying in a video and Ryan switches to pure ASL when needed when he's talking with other deaf people.
BSL is British Sign Language and ASL is American Sign Language. I use BSL because I live in England. So I don’t know which country you live in but you could learn your own country’s sign language?
Rebecca Holmes thanks a lot for responding. I’ve actually decided on learning ASL is I learned that it is the most common sign language. My main purpose is to communicate with more people and learn something new. I’ll work on it. Thanks a lot😊😊
Ok so i want to start learning sign language but I don't know which one ASL or BSL bc I already know polish sign language (I'm from poland) but I want to learn ASL or BSL to communicate with people from other countries too
The only thing I noticed, as an ASL signer, that was not correct was the number three (3) in ASL. It’s still palm toward the face, though with the thumb, index, and middle finger and not the index, middle, and ring fingers
@@jayrhodes3766 I know this already since many years ago, I already explained that I made a mistake in my video title and description. I forgot to do it correctly when I was making the video and I’d realised my mistake after I posted it so it was too late to change and repost.
@@the.adventures.of.becky. oh! This is the first video I saw; I accept that I didn’t do more digging. My apologies. And I also apologize if the message sounds rude; I tend to just be matter of fact and can’t read tone well.
I thought this sign language is a universal thing at the beginning. Now seeing even Americans and Brits using different languages I am very discouraged to learn... Do deaf people learn/know ASL just like we learn English because it is universal language?
I don't know, but I do know that American charity organizations have been spreading ASL to a lot of countries that didn't have any real deaf education before. It's the majority sign language in many African countries for this reason.
It depends on how the schools for deaf people were build and where did the sign language teachers were from. Deaf people in the UK developed their own sign language but did not bring it to the US. ASL is partly based on French Sign Language, and it has been brought to Canada, West Africa and Southeast Asia. A similar case of sign language and spoken language having different boundary is found in Chinese-speaking areas. China uses Chinese Sign Language. Taiwan uses a variant of Japanese sign language. Singapore uses a variant of American sign language.
When a BSL user meets an ASL user how hard for them is it to commuicate? Can they understand each others signs well enough. Because when it comes to vocolised speech Americans nd brits speak the same language but with a few different words so is it similar in Sign language?
No, it'd be easier for an ASL user to understand someone using LSF (language signe de francais) because the first deaf school teacher in the USA came from France.
so i have a probably-stupid question... when you learn BSL or any other sign language, it is signed as it is? so when you were showing the alphabet, it wasn't shown in reverse for the camera? and if one was to start learning, is online a good way to begin? thank you!
Maybe you already found the answer but I've learned you can sign in both directions, depending on your dominant hand. As I'm right-handed, I'd sign the ASL alphabet with my right hand. (for british I'm not sure as you use both hands. I think as a right-handed person I'd hold up my right hand for the vowels and point with my left hand, so you can see from that if Rebecca signs left- or right-handed and see if you should mirror her or not. I don't know much sign language myself, I've just started learning Dutch sign language which is more similar to ASL)
Hi, I wanna learn sign language and I’m just wondering, which one I should learn? I’m familiar with British language and stuff (more than American) (if that is what the b and a mean lmao) so I thought BSL but I’m really not sure.
I know but I’m British so I say ‘mum’ 😊 But yeah thank you for pointing it out, I realised I should’ve wrote the word ‘mom’ instead for the ASL part. Sorry I forgot 😊
@@the.adventures.of.becky. aslo this is a question I have, It might sound dumb because I'm not deaf just heard of hearing but if someone is completely deaf and lives somewhere like the UK, how do the still have the dialect of British (if they choose to talk)if they cannot hear it?
Your number 3 in ASL is just...wrong. you use the thumb and 2 fingers not 3 fingers. You made a w not the number 3. Other than that BSL looks way to complicated. ASL looks much easier.
I know that already, I realised my mistake just after I uploaded this video and I’d already explained in my description and in my video title that I’m aware about my mistake, I knew the ASL sign for number 3, I just forgot to sign it when I did the video because I normally sign it my way in BSL.
It's not "for" English. Sign languages aren't related to spoken ones, and nobody sat down and made them. They arose naturally out of groups of deaf people once they started to be put in the same place together (deaf schools starting in the 19th century). Some sign languages are related due to interaction between teachers from different deaf schools across countries. ASL got very strongly influenced by French sign language that way and it quite similar to it, so an American deaf person who knows ASL would actually have a much easier time understanding a French deaf person than a British one (I think), since BSL is completely unrelated.
@@butatensei I read about that once before, that ASL is somewhat quite similar to French Sign Language, I didn't even think about it anymore lol, well I ONLY know American Sign Language, I think I kinda do understand BSL, but I'm not British lol, I only know in ASL they only use one hand to do finger spelling words or like ABC's and in BSL they require to use both hands.
I like how Deaf in Asl is Hearing in Bsl.
Seems like an invitation for misunderstanding
Haha I know, don’t blame me, I didn’t invent the signs 😂
😂
What and where are reversed too lol
I was mortally thinking that!! Like…. That should be a global universal sign. Jeez.
Rebecca can the No 10 be signed just using one hand with all fingers spread showing the front and back of the hand .🤔. & If so is this an acceptable and recognised method for the No 10 ?
Btw. Brilliant video really enjoyed ..
Many thanks Ade.
It's weird to think that hearing Americans and Brits speak the same language yet deaf Americans and Brits do not.
Not so weird. They grew out of different circumstances and time
hmm, there are still many words which differ.. lorry vs truck, boot vs trunk, taxi vs cab, ... Then you have different writing, like colour vs color. Then there is pronunciation. Taken that all together, I'm not surprised that they use different sign language.
However, despite the differences it is also remarkable in which they are similar. For instance, both languages make an effort to visualize the characters as they were written and the numbers show countable digits (literally), then modified by static poses and then motions as the numbers grow larger.
I studied ASL for half a year many years ago (for no immediate reason) and, from what I see here, I definitely prefer the greater single-hand possibilities of ASL over BSL.
- Rebecca, you did a great job demonstrating the differences. So very clear.
Thank you! ☺️
OMG, i’m brazilian and learn Libras (Língua Brasileira de Sinais), which is brazilian sign language, and it is SO DIFFERENT FROM BSL, I’M FREAKING OUT! your alphabet is SOO WEIRD HAHAHAHAHAHAH but i loved it! Libras and ASL have the same french influence, but BSL is really different and i’m actually thinking about learning ASL and BSL now... congratulations for the video, you nailed it!!!! 🤟🏼
Haha thank you 😄
It's interesting to me how "cat" in BSL is "tiger" in ASL
2:23 I remember that BSL from the film Four Weddings & A Funeral, when Hugh Grant was communicating with his Deaf Brother....brilliantly described btw x
Oh I’ve not seen it, but that’s great there was a little bit of sign language in the film 👍 Ah thank you ☺️
Rebecca Holmes -Look up "Four Weddings and Funeral Sign Language" x
I know the ASL fingerspelling but honestly the BSL seems more convenient cause the signs look like the letters. Also, using the five fingers for the vowels is like...brilliant. Thanks for the neat vid!!
Thank you! ☺️
I think ASL looks more like the letters. But opinions are opinions
I noticed that in ASL you use one hand for letters and in BSL you use two.
@@artemkatelnytskyi I like that about ASL. Makes it easier to multitask.
They say the BSL alphabet is like writing with a pen and paper. So your non-dominant hand is the paper and your dominant hand is the pen. So taking your example of the vowels, I’m right handed so I use my right hand to point to the fingers on my left, to indicate the vowels. C is the only single hand sign in the alphabet and this will be done with my right. G is on hand on top of the other and it is the dominant that goes on top. This goes for all signs. Dominant hand always makes the action. I used to think I liked the look of ASL but actually lots of the signs looks so alike I think I would really struggle.
You are amazing very clear sign language understand :D
Thank you ☺️
3:27 What did you call me?!
Haha 😂 it’s not what you think!
i think BSL is easy to understand, even for a non sign language person
I disagree, respectfully. Something as basic as the alphabet isn’t easily understandable in BSL. In the ASL alphabet, most of the letters look exactly the way they’re written in English
@@kathyperalta8339 Respectfully disagree with you - I’d say a higher number of BSL letters look like the actual written character compared with ASL
@@kathyperalta8339 In what realm? Six ASL signs are direct and clear imitations of the letters versus eight in BSL.
@@flyingpiggie979 in reality. 🤣 ASL looks much better and easier. There's no way BSL is easier to someone who doesn't know sign language. ASL is much easier to understand.
I'll take ASL over BSL any day.
I'm the opposite from you :D I'm learning BSL from ASL because I'm moving to England. I've heard there are many Deaf in London that are American so I might not feel alone!
some of the ASL signs you demonstrated were different from what I learned it’s interesting the variations of the same signs
You gorgeous creature, you. Thank you for this! Beautifully done. What a difference and yet similar.
May I use fragments of your video for my school project? It's about Differences between BSL and ASL
I was wondering, I'm trying to learn BSL as I am, British, is it easy to transfer to ASL or do most people who learn one know both? Thanks
Well lots of Deaf people who use BSL will find it easy to learn ASL since they already know a sign language so it’s easier for them to learn a different sign language, it’s a visual language. Sorry it’s hard for me to explain, I’m not good at explaining things! But I hope that makes sense :)
I'm not going to lie it seems pretty stupid that we made both asl and bsl.
Hey, just wondering, what do you mean by this?
@@puterahaziman2205 I think it would be better if we had one sign language for english speaking countries. Its just another barrier to entry and something which makes learning asl or bsl less useful, plus it's a tricky choice.
@@jack.1. I see... but I guess there's something (which you may know already, but I'll just say it) that these sign languages are natural languages and evolved independently. BSL and ASL is significantly different as ASL is adapted from LSF (from France)... I guess it sounds a little ridiculous, because it's similar to saying English and German shouldn't exist, or perhaps Mandarin and French shouldn't be "different languages" (not sure how to word this).
Sorry if I misunderstood you though
@@puterahaziman2205 you are right and I understand. My comment is only an ideal. It may be rude, but if I'm being honest, to me I am not interested how the language evolved or the culture of the language as much as just wanting a way to communicate with more people.
@@jack.1. Ah okay then, thanks for replying
I kinda wonder what sign language in Canada would look like if we had “CSL” and not used ASL. Using ASL helps keep thing less complicated though. It being easier to communicate and understand in both countries is a huge plus.
i don’t know which one to learn as i’m british but i watch this couple’s channel and they do sign language so i kinda wanna learn asl
You can see which one is BSL and which one is ASL, I’ve put the words at the top in the video :) Cool, are you talking about Sign Duo?
Rebecca Holmes yes that’s the reason i’m wanting to learn the american sign language but i’m not sure also the video really helped thank you!🙂
I subscribed to their channel since ages ago, they seem like a lovely couple and their videos are really good. No problem, I tried my best but I’m glad it helped you a bit :) but please don’t copy my mistake though haha, I’m still learning ASL myself.
@@amyablett3439 Just so you know, Sign Duo doesn't really do ASL. In one of the videos someone commented that the female does pidgin sign or signed English, something like that but not ASL. The grammar is different.
@@YourMom-jd6jp Both use a mix of PSE and SEE from what I recall Ryan saying in a video and Ryan switches to pure ASL when needed when he's talking with other deaf people.
I really wanna learn sign language but I’m confused on wether to learn BSL or ASL. Which one should I?
BSL is British Sign Language and ASL is American Sign Language. I use BSL because I live in England. So I don’t know which country you live in but you could learn your own country’s sign language?
Rebecca Holmes thanks a lot for responding. I’ve actually decided on learning ASL is I learned that it is the most common sign language. My main purpose is to communicate with more people and learn something new. I’ll work on it. Thanks a lot😊😊
Ok so i want to start learning sign language but I don't know which one ASL or BSL bc I already know polish sign language (I'm from poland) but I want to learn ASL or BSL to communicate with people from other countries too
I can hear your accent even with it muted lol. love the vides keep em coming
The only thing I noticed, as an ASL signer, that was not correct was the number three (3) in ASL. It’s still palm toward the face, though with the thumb, index, and middle finger and not the index, middle, and ring fingers
@@jayrhodes3766 I know this already since many years ago, I already explained that I made a mistake in my video title and description. I forgot to do it correctly when I was making the video and I’d realised my mistake after I posted it so it was too late to change and repost.
@@the.adventures.of.becky. oh! This is the first video I saw; I accept that I didn’t do more digging. My apologies.
And I also apologize if the message sounds rude; I tend to just be matter of fact and can’t read tone well.
Such a shame sign language is not universal in all languages- that would make more sense.
As always, America seems to overcomplicate things lol, BSL seems much more straightforward and intuitive. Awesome video, thanks for helping me learn!
Thank you 😄
I wonder which one is easier (more intuitive) to learn.
I thought this sign language is a universal thing at the beginning. Now seeing even Americans and Brits using different languages I am very discouraged to learn... Do deaf people learn/know ASL just like we learn English because it is universal language?
I don't know, but I do know that American charity organizations have been spreading ASL to a lot of countries that didn't have any real deaf education before. It's the majority sign language in many African countries for this reason.
It depends on how the schools for deaf people were build and where did the sign language teachers were from. Deaf people in the UK developed their own sign language but did not bring it to the US. ASL is partly based on French Sign Language, and it has been brought to Canada, West Africa and Southeast Asia.
A similar case of sign language and spoken language having different boundary is found in Chinese-speaking areas. China uses Chinese Sign Language. Taiwan uses a variant of Japanese sign language. Singapore uses a variant of American sign language.
When a BSL user meets an ASL user how hard for them is it to commuicate? Can they understand each others signs well enough. Because when it comes to vocolised speech Americans nd brits speak the same language but with a few different words so is it similar in Sign language?
No, it'd be easier for an ASL user to understand someone using LSF (language signe de francais) because the first deaf school teacher in the USA came from France.
so i have a probably-stupid question... when you learn BSL or any other sign language, it is signed as it is? so when you were showing the alphabet, it wasn't shown in reverse for the camera? and if one was to start learning, is online a good way to begin? thank you!
Maybe you already found the answer but I've learned you can sign in both directions, depending on your dominant hand. As I'm right-handed, I'd sign the ASL alphabet with my right hand.
(for british I'm not sure as you use both hands. I think as a right-handed person I'd hold up my right hand for the vowels and point with my left hand, so you can see from that if Rebecca signs left- or right-handed and see if you should mirror her or not. I don't know much sign language myself, I've just started learning Dutch sign language which is more similar to ASL)
Sign Language Accents. Just like an accent is an subconciously in verbal terms ,so to for hand signing it appears?
Man in British sign language is the same as man in the brazillian sign language.
Hi, I wanna learn sign language and I’m just wondering, which one I should learn? I’m familiar with British language and stuff (more than American) (if that is what the b and a mean lmao) so I thought BSL but I’m really not sure.
Depends on where you live and why you want to learn. If you live America learn ASL and if in Great Britain learn BSL
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The tea sign in BSL is so british.
We actually say mom in America not mum but still the correct sign😊
I know but I’m British so I say ‘mum’ 😊 But yeah thank you for pointing it out, I realised I should’ve wrote the word ‘mom’ instead for the ASL part. Sorry I forgot 😊
@@the.adventures.of.becky. aslo this is a question I have, It might sound dumb because I'm not deaf just heard of hearing but if someone is completely deaf and lives somewhere like the UK, how do the still have the dialect of British (if they choose to talk)if they cannot hear it?
We learn and read the words from school or family, we don’t hear the spoken words, we just read the written words, if that makes sense?
@@the.adventures.of.becky. ya that does thanks😋
Your 3 in ASL is incorrect
I know, I realised I’d made a mistake just after I uploaded this video! I’ve already explained in my description :)
no it's not people sign that way also
I wish she would not mute the video... For the sound of hand, etc
I use bsl as I'm deaf... bsl is lots easier to use.. every countries has their own sign language version...
Hello
my is you name Lyra 👩🏻
( Lyra me 😢👂🏼❤️ )
You wrong ask number 3 not w used thumb 3
I know that already, I already said in my info that I realised about my mistake after I uploaded this video.
Your number 3 in ASL is just...wrong. you use the thumb and 2 fingers not 3 fingers. You made a w not the number 3.
Other than that BSL looks way to complicated. ASL looks much easier.
I know that already, I realised my mistake just after I uploaded this video and I’d already explained in my description and in my video title that I’m aware about my mistake, I knew the ASL sign for number 3, I just forgot to sign it when I did the video because I normally sign it my way in BSL.
I’m British and I find American better
AIMZ exactly
Honestly i like the word bsl singns but when it comes to numbers and letters its asl i find easier. Now i wanna learn both.
why did they make them so different to avoid confusion make them both the SAME
They weren't made, they evolved.
Why do people speak different languages. Just all speak Esperanto already.
Two different forms of sign language for English seems stupid to me
This comment seems rude, why you think 2 forms of Sign Language seems like it's stupid to you?
It's not "for" English. Sign languages aren't related to spoken ones, and nobody sat down and made them. They arose naturally out of groups of deaf people once they started to be put in the same place together (deaf schools starting in the 19th century).
Some sign languages are related due to interaction between teachers from different deaf schools across countries. ASL got very strongly influenced by French sign language that way and it quite similar to it, so an American deaf person who knows ASL would actually have a much easier time understanding a French deaf person than a British one (I think), since BSL is completely unrelated.
@@butatensei I read about that once before, that ASL is somewhat quite similar to French Sign Language, I didn't even think about it anymore lol, well I ONLY know American Sign Language, I think I kinda do understand BSL, but I'm not British lol, I only know in ASL they only use one hand to do finger spelling words or like ABC's and in BSL they require to use both hands.
You gorgeous creature, you. Thank you for this! Beautifully done. What a difference and yet similar.
Thank you 😄