Allie (they/them)
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Birder. Avid podcast listener. Fan of #StarTrek old and new 🖖🏼 Queer, non-binary 🌈 #MobilityAid user. #MECFS #Fibromyalgia
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Nicole Holliday, a linguist, talking about dialectical diversity, and why BASL is particularly suited to the film, over ASL.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjKHnPAP/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjKHnPAP/
Sinners is coming out on HBO Max is both its original and a Black ASL version and I couldn’t be more excited! #linguistics check the comments for some of my favorite BASL creators on here!
TikTok video by Nicole Holliday
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July 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Nicole Holliday, a linguist, talking about dialectical diversity, and why BASL is particularly suited to the film, over ASL.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjKHnPAP/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjKHnPAP/
just wanted to add that ASL is also based on several Indigenous sign languages, as well as French Sign Language. see: nativesovereignty.com/how-native-a...
How Native American Sign Languages Shaped Modern ASL and Bridged Cultures Across Centuries - Native Americans for Sovereignty and Preservation
Share this with your network: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn More The integral relationship between Plains Native Americans and American Sign Language (ASL) is a fascinating aspect of pre-contact history t...
nativesovereignty.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:49 AM
just wanted to add that ASL is also based on several Indigenous sign languages, as well as French Sign Language. see: nativesovereignty.com/how-native-a...
and BASL (Black American Sign Language) is also different from ASL!
June 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
and BASL (Black American Sign Language) is also different from ASL!
English and ASL are different languages, so whereas closed captions translate it into English, an ASL interpreter allows Deaf and HoH people to access the media in ASL, which may be their first or more natural-feeling language. (I am hearing, but this is my understanding. I welcome feedback.)
June 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
English and ASL are different languages, so whereas closed captions translate it into English, an ASL interpreter allows Deaf and HoH people to access the media in ASL, which may be their first or more natural-feeling language. (I am hearing, but this is my understanding. I welcome feedback.)
fantastic alt text btw
March 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
fantastic alt text btw
yes, what was happening with the calligrapher!?! was he just randomly having a stroke throughout the evening?? i need to know!
March 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
yes, what was happening with the calligrapher!?! was he just randomly having a stroke throughout the evening?? i need to know!
please no spoilers i've only finished episode 2! tytyty
March 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
please no spoilers i've only finished episode 2! tytyty
😂 sounds like a party
March 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
😂 sounds like a party
lmao love the alt text
March 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
lmao love the alt text