Stupid Guest Tricks

Syndrome wrote:I have a friend who does ASL at the theme parks and on Disney cruises. It's funny; often when she's talking, her hands will automatically sign something too.

This is my habit also. Don't even realize until another CM looks at me & begins to laugh. The worst is using ASL, speaking English then breaking into Spanglish. Love the way Marlee Matlin speaks her mind & straight up Signs every emotion she is thinking. She is one very intelligent woman who is out to win!

Main Streeter wrote:This is my habit also. Don't even realize until another CM looks at me & begins to laugh. The worst is using ASL, speaking English then breaking into Spanglish. Love the way Marlee Matlin speaks her mind & straight up Signs every emotion she is thinking. She is one very intelligent woman who is out to win!

I don't think she reads this forum, no need to suck up to her :D:

Syndrome wrote:Personally I'm still kicking myself for missing James Earl Jones. I've also tried for two years without success to see Neal Patrick Harris (always end up busy when he is there, and now it looks like I won't have a chance this year unless he's the TBA).

Neal Patrick Harris was excellent last year in the Candlelight Processional. I've seen him, Brian Dennehy, and Mario Lopez, and I think that he was the best of the three that I've seen.

Syndrome wrote:Mr. Syndrome and I saw Marlee Matlin one year just because we happened to be there, and it was amazing. It really was a new way to both hear and see the reading.

I have a friend who does ASL at the theme parks and on Disney cruises. It's funny; often when she's talking, her hands will automatically sign something too.

I am the same way. I know bits and pieces of sign language from teaching kids who are non verbal and will use what I know when I talk. I use it all the time at my coaster and my coworkers are slowly catching on.

It's very similar to working entertainment. Seriously, watch some Disney entertainers sometime when they are together off stage, our hands do more talking than our mouths! It's very easy to spot us in the cafeteria.

I can always tell an offduty Disney CM by their point too. ;)

Syndrome wrote: I have a friend who does ASL at the theme parks and on Disney cruises. It's funny; often when she's talking, her hands will automatically sign something too.

I do the same thing. My minor in college was ASL, and I'm no longer as fluent as I once was, but people still catch me signing unthinkingly when I'm talking. It's usually just a word or two, because ASL grammar isn't remotely like English grammar (which is why it's pretty hard for a native English speaker to pick up). I pretty much always fingerspell automatically if I have to spell something out loud - and even though I'm a native English speaker, I find it easier to spell words quickly with my hands than with my voice.

Amphigorey wrote:I do the same thing. My minor in college was ASL, and I'm no longer as fluent as I once was, but people still catch me signing unthinkingly when I'm talking. It's usually just a word or two, because ASL grammar isn't remotely like English grammar (which is why it's pretty hard for a native English speaker to pick up). I pretty much always fingerspell automatically if I have to spell something out loud - and even though I'm a native English speaker, I find it easier to spell words quickly with my hands than with my voice.

I've never gotten to the point where I can fingerspell without thinking about it, though I am a lot faster than I used to be. I have used what I know in my work, when I've had deaf defendants and no translator handy, but where I find myself signing most is while singing in church (out in the pew, not while singing a solo!). For one, the lyrics usually flow by slowly enough that I with my limited skills can translate on the fly, plus there's something about ASL that just adds to the praise and worship involved. It's a graceful, beautiful language (at least, when signed by someone fluent).

Syndrome wrote: I have a friend who does ASL at the theme parks and on Disney cruises. It's funny; often when she's talking, her hands will automatically sign something too.

I'm not that good yet (hopefully someday). But my hands are always moving when I'm talking- I think it's the Italian in me.

EeyoresButterfly wrote: It's very similar to working entertainment. Seriously, watch some Disney entertainers sometime when they are together off stage, our hands do more talking than our mouths! It's very easy to spot us in the cafeteria.

Heh, that it is. :)

Syndrome wrote:I can always tell an offduty Disney CM by their point too. ;)

Yep, it is pretty easy to spot them (it's impossible for me not to Disney Point anymore, even when I'm not in FL).

The December 6 - 8 TBA has been announced: Anika Noni Rose