While many of you may find "pidgin" difficult I think several people may find that it's not difficult at all if they understood what it truly is. I often see people signing much more in Pidgin than in ASL.
It is my experience that many people who believe they are "signing ASL" are actually using ASL signs in an English word order. This is Pidgin. It is combining the language, ASL, with the language, English. The combination of two languages often are simply a pidgin.
I recently had a conversation with Sekoe about how many hearing people had he met or knew that signed ASL vs. Pidgin or English. He referenced CODAs and interpreters as those he knew who were those most fluent in ASL.
Mrs. White
After this explanation of Pidgin, I think my understanding of it is much clearer. I have also realized that I may be signing Pidgin more often than I sign true ASL! I catch myself using ASL signs in English word order often. It's one of the more difficult things for me.
ReplyDeleteHearing that pidgin is really just ASL in English order makes it easier to understand. I would openly say I probably sign more pidgin than ASL but just didnt know I was. Thank you for clarifying
ReplyDeleteThanks for the clarification. Knowing the relations between ASL and English gave me a better understanding of what Pidgin is and how the languages are combined.
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