Page 4 of 4
Re: Funny story about Cars (the movie)
Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 7:15 pm
by Kifaru
BRWombat wrote:Well, except that they have eyes and eyelids on their windshields.
gotcha. Seeing the movie might have helped, eh?
thanks for all the remedial lessons, but I
earned my beads at Mardi Gras, I understood the idiom, comment and joke. I still can't figure out why cars would be aroused by mammary glands. How do the fool things reproduce and feed their young? My original question stands. Are they mammals?
Re: Funny story about Cars (the movie)
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 12:24 am
by GRUMPY PIRATE
Kifaru wrote:gotcha. Seeing the movie might have helped, eh?
thanks for all the remedial lessons, but I earned my beads at Mardi Gras, I understood the idiom, comment and joke. I still can't figure out why cars would be aroused by mammary glands. How do the fool things reproduce and feed their young? My original question stands. Are they mammals?
no silly, they are Disney cars!
and just like all things Disney, sometimes things that are normal in our world take on a whole new life in Disneys world.
Re: Funny story about Cars (the movie)
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:02 am
by ktulu
Kifaru wrote:gotcha. Seeing the movie might have helped, eh?
thanks for all the remedial lessons, but I earned my beads at Mardi Gras, I understood the idiom, comment and joke. I still can't figure out why cars would be aroused by mammary glands. How do the fool things reproduce and feed their young? My original question stands. Are they mammals?
No, actually they are
cartoons...
Re: Funny story about Cars (the movie)
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 12:41 pm
by DisneyMom
ktulu wrote:No, actually they are cartoons...
Groooooooan! :p:
Re: Funny story about Cars (the movie)
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:55 pm
by felinefan
DragonFox98 wrote:Hey, felinefan!!!! Hope your days are getting better!
I will admit...in our house ASL it a type of short-hand (hence, the one-handed thank-you). Also, I tend to use my right hand, whereas the little huy is still learning, so he'll use both. And like Womabt said, ASL is it's own language - there are no articles (the, an, a) and the sentence structure is not the same as "normal" English.
As for stopping tantrums, now that I think on it, yes, it does. Little guy lets us know when he's hungry and (I know...this might be TMI) he'll hold his diapey if he's wet...letting us know he needs to be changed. So, we've actually found it works really well. We had his ears tested in February and there's not loss yet, which is good, but he'll be tested every to 12 months the next three or four years at least.
Well, I'm doing okay, there are resident kitties herre at the shelter, but only a couple are friendly enough to let you pet them without ripping you to shreds. I still am looking forward to getting a place where I can have another kitty, though. I also miss things like cooking, sleeping in a real bed, having privacy, my own computer, etc.. Right now I'm at the church office.
Re: Funny story about Cars (the movie)
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:59 pm
by Belgarion42
BRWombat wrote:Yep. A lot of people think sign language is putting hand motions to English, but it is not. ASL is a separate language, with its own vocabulary, grammar, and syntax. It just doesn't have a written form, though you can kind of transcribe it with English words.
And like any language, there are regional dialects, just like the South has different accents and phrasing from the Northeast or West Coast.
Exactly, BRW. There is a "version" (for lack of a better term) of sign language that is basically putting hand motions to English called SEE (Signing Exact English). However, it is most definitely not ASL, and most Deaf people would not consider it sign language at all.
Re: Funny story about Cars (the movie)
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 2:25 am
by Main Streeter
Belgarion42 wrote:Exactly, BRW. There is a "version" (for lack of a better term) of sign language that is basically putting hand motions to English called SEE (Signing Exact English). However, it is most definitely not ASL, and most Deaf people would not consider it sign language at all.
I find SEE more difficult. Maybe if I had learned SEE first....
Re: Funny story about Cars (the movie)
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:47 am
by BRWombat
Main Streeter wrote:I find SEE more difficult. Maybe if I had learned SEE first....
Agreed. Having to put in all those "the's" and "a's" is a pain! I understand SEE is mainly useful in educational settings, like when teaching a deaf child to read English, but not really in normal communication.
Re: Funny story about Cars (the movie)
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 7:49 am
by mousefan
Main Streeter wrote:I find SEE more difficult. Maybe if I had learned SEE first....
I learned SEE first - DS also, he now is fluent in ASL - and we do talk 2 different languages! Altho SEE isnt really a "language" but a way to communicate - ASL is a language, as it is associated with a populace, and a culture that is unique to the deaf world. And as such has been recognize by our government, and therefore ASL can be used as a credit as a foreign language in college. (IF the college offers it that is)
Love that there are ASL language interpreters in Disney!
as in all languages, if I dont use it, I lose it - nouns are really easy to remember, sentences, phrases, etc while another is communicating to me - ug not so easy to remember.
Re: Funny story about Cars (the movie)
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:44 pm
by Main Streeter
mousefan wrote:I learned SEE first - DS also, he now is fluent in ASL - and we do talk 2 different languages! Altho SEE isnt really a "language" but a way to communicate - ASL is a language, as it is associated with a populace, and a culture that is unique to the deaf world. And as such has been recognize by our government, and therefore ASL can be used as a credit as a foreign language in college.
You are right. Have 9 of these credits. :)