@@cmooisthename Yeah i feel that. I started dating my boyfriend at the beginning of my senior year of high school and we're almost at 3 years so it really depends on the maturity of the two involved
Adelia ikr I have some friends who are freshman and dear god they go through relationships like it’s nothing I’ve been in one relationship ever sense the end of freshmen year so for we’ve been together for almost a year (I’m graduating a year early so I’m a year ahead of my boyfriend so our freshman year was the same but I took my sophomore year last semester and now I’m in my junior semester) back when I was in middle school I was with my ex for about 2 years although that relationship was never going to work because I’m gay and she’s a lesbian but we didn’t know at the time. She and I are still quite close. Maybe it’s just me but I don’t see how someone can go through 10+ relationships in a semester.
The reason you learned so quickly is that the two of you speak the language of love. No joke, if you ever want to learn a foreign language, just got find a boyfriend or girlfriend who speaks the language and your learning curve gets cut in half.
I’m slowly losing my hearing and I’m learning bsl (British sign language) and thanks for the tips. I only know the basics right now but hopefully I can be signing properly in a year
What is the cause? I hope you don't feel offended, I just feel curious because I have never meet one. Btw happy new year and I hope you will achieve your target! (Sorry for my english)
I'm totally one of the clerks Ryan was talking about. I originally started to learn ASL decades ago, just because I think it's such a cool way to communicate, but nobody around me signed, so I couldn't really practice. But a few years ago, I was working as a clerk in an area with a lot of deaf people, and rather than write notes back and forth when my customers came in, I started learning again. Although I loved how stoked the deaf folks were that I was putting some effort into learning, it also made me sad that it's so unusual for someone to attempt to communicate with them that the action sparked such joy. For someone to be that happy that you're trying the SIMPLEST forms of communication with them tells me that hearing folks trying is a rarity. And that's fucking terrible. We need to start teaching ASL in schools as a second language. It is not that hard, and would open up so many doors for deaf people. You guys are putting out entertaining, informative content, keep up the good work! :)
you're one of those AWESOME clerks!!!!!! Thank you for putting in extra effort. Yes, it is kinda sad that not many people put in the effort. Where we live in california, ASL is starting to be established as a language credit for foreign languages so I'm glad about that. It does need to happen though, everywhere else! Thanks so much for your comment dude.
Yessss, it's so hard to make friends as a Deaf person since no one else knew sign language. I wish my school taught sign so that the other kids could communicate with me ☹️
@@brisahernandez9172 Could you ask the principal about adding it as another language class? I mean seriously, who's going to use French or German regularly? But there are deaf people everywhere, so you could certainly use that language credit without needing a passport! :)
Woah, that's so inspirational and cool! I started learning because of anime and manga.. A Silent Voice.. lol (The anime is down here, but be warned!) (WARNING! Mentions of s*icide) It's about a deaf girl and a hearing boy who bullied her for her disability in elementary school. She transfers. Years later, the boy felt bad, since he was then bullied (by his past friends) for being a former bully, and started learning sign language so he could apologize to the girl, then kill himself. But then, he meets her, they become friends and he doesnt kill himself. It's a touching story about disabilities and bullying.. if you're interested in that.
I'm not sure how you two ended up on my recommended, but I sure am glad I clicked! Its been really interesting, and damn, that puppy got big quick! Awesome channel.
Joshua Calosso Marriage is a special thing, not just something you do and throw away in a second.. Go educate yourself before you say something like this.
@Joshua Calosso apparently not enough if I see what you are talking about. So go educate yourself even more, than you'd probably understand what marriage is all about😊
I just randomly came across this chanel today and I have to say I'm really enjoying all of the videos. I'm so happy I found this Chanel it's reminded me how much I want to learn more sign language.
I am from Nicaragua 🇳🇮 and here I haven’t ever met or be close to someone deaf but, I’ve been seeing your videos and loving them. Also becoming more conscious about how important it is to be able to communicate with someone without needing an interpreter and make them feel a little more secure about socializing with hearing people. I am a medicine student and since the beginning knew I would love to be able to communicate with patients with LSN (NSL Nicaraguan Sign Language in English). So you have inspired me to get some lessons from a deaf woman 🧏🏻♀️ who is doing online now since she became jobless due to coronavirus quarantine. So I’m using this time to help myself and help others in the future if God allows me to. 🙏🏻🙏🏻 thank you so much for the inspiration
God, as an ER tech I'm acutely aware of the fact I NEED to learn Spanish and hopefully ASL at some point, but half the damn German I learned (my family is German/Swiss) in HS is just GONE already because I haven't had an opportunity to practice much. I also wonder if it's partially my ADHD, because I have a lot of difficulty learning and maintaining specifically syntax. It makes me so embarrassed that I have difficulty speaking to my grandmother now, because she's forgetting her English and I'm forgetting my German. I'm very worried that I won't be able to learn those languages at all, or won't be able to use them fluently. I'm also in nursing school and my time between that and work is incredibly limited. That and I have a bit of social anxiety, so I'm very embarrassed and ashamed when I can't communicate with someone at a level that makes sense (really, it makes me feel VERY awkward to make mistakes in general, and language is even worse). There are just so many roadblocks and overcoming them takes such an enormous amount of mental and emotional energy.
I'm so glad I found you two. I'm hearing and I know it's not offensive to try. I learned some ASL in high school. They allowed it at the start of my sophomore year, so _of course_ I signed up as soon as I found out. I was given a sign name. I can't tell you how _happy_ all of them are (that I've met). I've been on an indefinite hiatus since graduating 7 years ago. I know enough to get by. Even then I feel so bad that I know so little (I have other personal issues at play). Literally, you guys have helped my self-confidence. I joined a deaf thing on MeetUp, but I'm terrified of actually meeting up. Y'all can sign so fast and it can be very overwhelming. Love you two! Please keep this up.
So glad your self-confidence has boosted! This is Ryan and I just want to let you know that I have never minded slowing down for a hearing person if they ask me to slow down. I actually appreciate it more! Shows me that they care enough to try and understand :)
I’m a hearing person, one of my first books my mom gave me when I was a kid was “my first book of sign” I believe I still have it to this day. I had the alphabet memorize for a long time. And could sign my name and all my families names. I thoroughly enjoy watching and listening to the video and following along with the signs, and remembering signs I used to know. It inspires me to learn asl fully to be able to communicate or interpret if the need arises. Super cool!
Such powerful souls and such beautiful people. You two have really opened my eyes in terms of discrimination in the deaf community. Thank you! I hope to one day be fluent in ASl, much love and happy new year.🖤🤟🏼
My 3 month old son is profoundly deaf, yalls channel is amazing!! Thank you for all you do!! My fiance and i are currently learning sign language and teaching him as well!
I love watching y'all I know some sign language I am in 7th grade and started learning sign language in 4th grade so almost 4 years. At my church there are mostly deaf people. I can communicate with them. It helps to know that deaf people don't think it's offensive when asking what a sign is. Love y'all ❤
when people sign they seem so much more friendly because of the use of facial expressions... it seems so much warmer than normal straight-faced talking interactions...
I took a small ASL class at like 10 or 11 and I LOVED it, and the person teaching the class stopped. I know the alphabet pretty well and few tiny signs. I really am Interested in taking official classes in it. I have always been fascinated in it, and I am drawn to people signing. We went to Disney World in 2018 and we were watching a performance and I spent most of the time watching the interpreters lol.
Love your channel. I grew up very close with my deaf cousin and she and I would have a blast. Once in high school, I learned sign but I have forgotten a lot. I’m thankful for your channel to help me get back into signing again. Plus you guys are great!!! 🤘
This video is awesome. I love how you help her to learn. I started learning ASL at 15 to help my godchild who almost suddenly lost her hearing at 2yrs. The next year I found out I was losing my hearing from loud band noises from which I was singing and many infections. Years later.... After college I am only surrounded by the hearing,not deaf community, so I did less signing to help the hearing feel less awkward,then I started forgetting some signs. I used to sign at home all the time because my son who was 3-5 years old,was taking ASL in college with me and my older children were learning it too. To help keep my hands and brain active ,I started teaching each of my grandchildren before they could talk,also(reminding)my children,as well as my hubby. I'm always practicing ASL and deaf signing. When I get a fever my hearing aid don't work(there's no sound),I need an interpreter. When I'm not sick,I have an acute deafness where I can't tell the difference of words,letters,and numbers that sound alike(ex. 50,60,55,65 BPT) the hearing are not very patient to spell using words for letters nor repeating several times. I started lip reading many years ago,but it only help depending on how the person speaks. When out in crowds,I'm in my own world,but with my group,or immediate family,I get more attention. Life is a struggle. Anyways,I hope to learn more from you two in teaching my family ASL.
You guys should watch an anime movie called A silent voice, it’s my favorite movie and it’s on Netflix, it’s has a heavy focus on sign language I suppose, maybe you’ll like it. Love the content 🙏🏽
I love this channel so much. ❤👏 And it's helped my daughter learn ASL. I learned some English Sign Language when I was 10 because I had read a biography on Helen Keller and I was very fascinated by her and then my brother and best friend learned in Jr. High, so I had a couple of people I could always sign with and then in HS we took ASL together and it's always been this thing I knew with a couple of people, but once I was out of school I completely lost it, so I had some memory but not constant use and I would use it every now and then but it was definitely on the back burner, and then I found this channel (thank you RU-vid) and now it's back in my life and my daughter is learning so I have someone to sign with again, and she loves you guys... and your dog. ❤
Found your channel about two days ago on my 'recommended', and I've probably binged watched most of your videos already! I teach early childhood, so I use basic signs for my kiddos who are still developing their language but your channel has inspired me to learn more! My best friend is also a Speech Pathologist, and I think she would LOVE your channel just as much as I do so I'll have to share with her! ❤️
I'm learning sign language These are the only one I commonly know: 1- my name is (spell) 2- what's your name? 3- thank you 4- f u (lol) 5- where are you from 6- nice to meet you 7- I'm fine 8- hello 9- deaf 10- I'm still learning sign 11- how are you
ooh i'm really early and cant wait to watch the video, I'm taking ASL this year in HS so hopefully in a while i wont need to have captions for your videos
That’s the sweetest love story. That could be turned into a movie haha! Ellen learning to sign for Ryan in order to communicate... that’s the sweetest thing.❤️
Love this! My grandson (also named Ryan) was born deaf. He now wears cochlears but he is also learning sign in school as well as us on our own time. I like watching this for practice to see if I'm understanding. It's so fast! Hopefully I get better at reading it.
I’ve been practicing ASL for 9 years, great at signing songs but conversation is more challenging for me, this video inspired me to reach out more to the deaf community around me and practice conversational signing so that I gain a better understanding. Your pup is also precious, all the best
you guys really inspire me to learn asl. I am going through some rough moments in life and it would be great to learn something new to show everyone i am capable of doing something even when i am told not to. you guys are amazing keep going great!!! love you to the max!!
Omg I love you taught your puppy to sit using sign. We taught our 3 dogs the same thing when they want a treat. You guys are so relatable to my fiancé and I!
Thank you guys so much because I’m interested in learning sign language♥️ it’s a beautiful way to communicate and I feel bad when I approach those who know it but I don’t know it since I would love it if schools had this language. You both are adorable and just always stay together because you both shine together♥️♥️
I am in the first 1 min and 12 seconds and already absolutely infatuated with both of you and the way he intently and lovingly gazed at you. Wow. You have his heart girl! So rare to see this jump off the screen like this. I am going to be learning and teaching my nearly 8 year old signing so we can have a better understanding and we genuinely find it so frustrating to not be able to communicate with anyone who has hearing difficulties. I hope to be watching you more and see what I pick up and enforce with lessons. Subscribed!
My struggle is my receptive skills and I get nervous being in the deaf community because I need to ask ppl to repeat repeat repeat and slow down all the time, if I don't there is a lot of smiling and nodding without a clue as to what's going on.
I put on my noise cancelling headphones, turn the volume of the video down to mute it basically, and not only can I concentrate more on being able to decipher signing but also really puts in perspective or gives me a minute glimpse of Ryan's, all deaf, and all HoH peoples world. I'm so happy I found this channel!
Hi, I am single Deaf Father with 3 hearing daughters and I spend a week watching all your videos from the beginning to now and I am surprise that I get to see a few videos that show the Cream Pan bakery because we alway stop by every Sundays before we go to church. My olders daughter start watching and she like the videos.
Chris S I think for his case now he can feel it more instead of hearing, his senses have been more heightened with a lot of more things such as feel, touch, taste, and his overall awareness with his eye movement. And I think Some TV’s have the option for captions. So I’m sure he uses that to help! But I’m not too sure, he seems to know a lot and deals with it pretty well, I just discovered this channel and I love it already
@@LxtinDoll well for when he watches TV, if its loud enough he can feel the vibration because deaf people their senses are better than people like us, I just started looking into stuff like this about deaf people, and from what he said previously he wore hearing aids before, so that helped him for sometime , but he chooses not to wear them, when I say feeling it, I mean when he watches TV, and the volume being loud enough it'll vibrate through his ears, Im not too sure on what it does but, he is able to watch TV pretty well it can also be with the help of captions too :)
I'm learning sign language myself, and one thing I've come to realize about sign language is that you need to just sit back and watch what the person is saying allowing you to just "listen" instead of always wanting to interrupt or state your point. It's a wonderful thing that has taught me so much about communication.
I was in driver's Ed with someone who was deaf, and they had an interpreter, and I got to thinking about it, and I was wondering how is it like to drive when you're deaf? I can imagine it's kinda scary since you can't hear the cars around you. I was also wondering how do you know when to pull over if there are sirens? It makes sense if it was the sound vibrations, but I'm still curious to know 😊 Also I wanna add this, I just found your guys' channel, and I'm I love, you guys are so wholesome! 😊
I'm not deaf and I'm not the person you asked so I hope you don't mind me butting in here, but I believe deaf people can buy devices that alert them when emergency vehicles are nearby or when other cars honk their horns. There's a video on RU-vid of a deaf person answering questions like these and they also said that deaf people are typically very observant (because they have to rely on their other senses) and so they probably notice more than the average driver. I imagine it would be scary not to be able to hear while you're driving, but based on what I know and my experiences on the road I feel like deaf people might be better drivers than people who can hear lol
I randomly found you two. I had a deaf sister, she died will be 6 years ago on Jan. 8th 2020 of a massive heart attack.. She was just 44. She was my only sibling. Half of my heart is missing. I am crying as I write this, it’s so good to see people sign! I’m glad I stumbled upon your video, I am a new subscriber now! 🙌🏼
Has Ryan ever heard Ellen’s real voice? If so what did Ryan think, and was it what Ryan expected? If not is it an option/would you like to hear Ellen’s voice?
I've learned that deafness, like blindness, usually isn't an all or nothing kind if thing. That's why hearing aids can work. It would really just depend on the individual's unique kind of deafness as to whether they could hear someone's voice with the assistance of technology
I work at a motorcycle shop, a lot of deaf people come in and order parts and accessories from us. I want to learn sign language and have been trying to find a good start as far as learning goes so I can communicate with our customers. I have slowly started and they seem to only want to try to communicate with me as I treat them like a person, where as most seem to think if they yell they’ll somehow hear them. I think it is a beautiful language and a great thing to know and understand and definitely will sign up!! Thank you!!
Here’s a question! I know name signs are personal and have a lot of meaning behind them when given to a person, and that it’s rude for a hearing person to pick their own name sign. Here’s the question: what do your name signs mean? Ellen, when did you get yours? If it’s too personal totally fine to ignore!
I'm so happy the RU-vid algorithm brought me here. I've learned so much, not only about signing but also the importance of communication in a relationship. But to top it off, some of the words I've learned to sign from your videos: - Relationship - Food - Out - Car - Game - I love you
You guys truly deserve more subscribers and attention for all your hard work you put into these videos. Trust me, people will catch up soon and it’ll pay off!! Your videos are the only videos I really watch through and i’m interested in. Keep doing what you do, you guys are amazing!
Omg you two are too cute. My best friends sister is deaf and she taught me SO much when I was around 10-14 years old...& about 10 years later - I took 2 years of ASL in college & I can get thru the basics, but yes, body language is SO important to add to your signing- it needs to match what you’re trying to convey! I tried SO HARD to verbalize your finger spelling by looking at it by sounding out every letter to make a word but you both are SO fast! How do some of us get better at trying so hard to sound it out as your finger spelling. I don’t look at every letter, but I try to sound it out as a word as your going along, but dang you kids are fast! ☺️
👋 to both of you! First off, thank you 😊 I've always loved helping people, and involving people together. I met a deaf guy at a gay bar, and we became good friends. I started picking up on a bit of communication, also loved taking him out of his comfort zone onto the dance floor! I'm really in tune with beat, and music. So I exaggerated my moving to the sound, along with the flashing lights, while holding him. He really enjoyed it. We lost touch when he moved out of state for college, and I lost a lot of what I had learned. I'm a 34 year old guy from Michigan. I'm in the middle of my next degree, to become a therapist. I'd really like to develop the ability to have deaf clients. So maybe I'll Minor in ASL?! You guys inspire me, partly because I'd really like to meet a deaf boyfriend. So don't be afraid to pass along my info 🤣😂 Oh, I downloaded skill share, I'm gonna see what I can get from it to learn more sign! Thanks again. ✌🤟 Tim
This is super random but I’ve always wondered this. What does Ryan think your voice sounds like, or more what would he guess it sounds like? Using descriptors of course like high/low pitched, husky/shrill, smooth/rough that kinda thing. Love you guys!
Does Ryan have the option to get hearing aids, if so does he even considering to get them? If not can you explain the general understanding about hearing aids, I understand some people have the option to get them but choose not to.
I started learning about sign language through my church we've got a deaf ministry and I just went to a few classes and realized that I really wanted to learn more and I am still learning more signs. I have a few friends who are deaf and I really enjoy communicating with them. I'm the only one in my family that knows asl.
Wow, now I see why the girl is very elegant in signing, she's been doing it since she was 13! That's awesome. So when are you two going to get married, I mean you guy's have been together for what like a decade?
I love your videos and yall are the cutest!! These vids are really helpful as I'm trying my best to be more communicative with people. I think signing is sooo important and not just for deaf culture but even to people who are nonverbal. And understanding gestures and expressions helps with communicating with all languages. Like us Latinxs use a lot of body language and facial expressions when speaking Spanish, so in many ways nonverbal communication is extremely helpful and vital!! ❤️️
My uncle is deaf. Because I've loved him since forever...I learned finger spelling at about 3-4 years old. He taught me. I wanted to talk to him sooo badly! Now as a 37 year old woman, I'm ashamed that I've never mastered sign but I've never lost it either. I keep in touch with him still. I'm the only niece that can talk semi-fluent with him today. His mother never learned sign. When you love someone.... you'll give your best. Love your channel.
For those of us who are learning sign language but hardly know anything yet. It is extremely helpful when she signs and talks at the same time so we can really learn. Because to be honest I have no clue what her boyfriend is saying app all but I could really learn through her that way
i’m genuinely curious about what exactly is he saying with his lips as he signs?? because if you read his lips he is mouthing far fewer things than what he is signing so i wanna know what he is mouthing. can someone help me out?
A big part of sign language is facial expressions, so when hes moving his mouth as he signs, its adding a level of expression/emotion to the signs, he seems like he's mixing the two. Also, sign language has a whole other set of grammar, because it is a full language, so you also just cant word for word voice signs.
just stumbled upon your videos, trying to get into ASL more bc it’s lovely to be able to speak with signers. working at a grocery store and this sweet older lady came up and she was singing to her friend and was asking about a cart and i was able to reply yes and your welcome in sign and she was so happy especially bc ya know masks i’m sure limit being able to read lips.
After finding this channel 3 days ago and watching all your videos, I was hoping you'd post something soon. So glad you're back, today was my last day of finals and I saw you posted right before I went to take my exam. Finally getting a chance to watch now!
I grew up working at St. Rita's school for the deaf's haunted house in Ohio. We had many deaf kids there that wanted to be scarers. It was so fun! We played games and I learned a little sign language while it was slow. Years later I worked for a carnival company and we had a deaf person who worked on rides. Timmy was his name. He was sooo funny. I understand as much ASL as I do Spanish and Chinese which is a little but enough to converse a little. Your videos have inspired me to finally sit down and learn ASL. I go to taco bell quite often and there is a nice lady that works there who is hearing impaired and signs. I always sign thank you and good work to her. I would love to be able to talk to her. I bet it get boring working not being able to talk and joke around with everyone else.
I take ASL in college and there’s deaf people that sign up because they originally only used hearing aids or implants, and were taught to lip read and use whatever hearing they had left. Others just wanted to learn “proper” ASL. Others are gradually losing their hearing and want to prepare by learning ASL. There’s so many reasons, it just depends
Good video. Might I add that Signed Languages have very unique aspects (as opposed to spoken languages). Most people learn their language from their parents, but 90% of Deaf people are born to hearing parents and typically don't learn sign from their parents. I have known some Deaf people who didn't even learn sign until they were 18. Each Deaf person has a different experience. One thing you didn't mention, but maybe you mentioned it in another video is that there are many sign systems too: MCE (Manually Coded English), SEE (Signing Exact English), PSE (Pidgeon Signed English) and ASL (American Sign Language). It's all very fascinating. There's also a link to the English language. For example, if you don't know a sign in ASL, you will fingerspell the words in English. That makes ASL easier in some aspect than other languages because you can do this if you don't know a word and the Deaf person probably will know the word. One difficult aspect is that for hearing people, we rely so much on our hearing and not so much on our vision, so receptive skills can be a challenge. We can learn to sign everything we want, but sometimes can't understand other people when they sign the same sentences because of speed, variations, clarity (or lack thereof) and other factors.
I learned ASL I high school for one of my friends who was in a lot of my classes. Being a naturally curious and outgoing person i wanted a way to better communicate with her. It came in handy when her interpreter would be out and a substitute wouldn’t come in in time for class. In my whole school I think there were only 2 deaf students in a sea of hearing students. Both deaf students, including my friend Emily, were main stream. On the days where the interpreter was no where in sight I would do my best to sign for her until the interpreter arrived. I admittedly wasn’t the best and she could read lips so if I didn’t know a sign I would finger spell and mouth the word so she could understand. Unfortunately we parted ways after high school and though I still know some ASL I feel I have lost a lot of it. It’s one thing I need and want to get back to learning because with being a nurse you never know what barriers to communication your patient might have and communication is very important. I’m very thankful for your videos as they are helping me to brush back up on my ASL
Ellen, the way you described how you learnt ASL is exactly how I learnt another (spoken) language in a different country, emmersed by it. I would use words I did know to describe what I wanted to say. For example, before I knew the word for "shower" I would say "rain of the bathroom", and people understood and told me the word. Then I remembered it. I feel this is a much better way of learning language (for me, anyway) than sitting in a classroom, because it gives me a greater connection to the word.
