Week 5, 110

[Taylor Rawls]

I went to a restaurant with Katrina, Jo, and Katrina’s niece and nephew, who also know a little ASL. They were communicating across the restaurant in ASL, which was really cool to watch. I had a list of questions I wanted to ask Katrina, so I asked her about formal and informal language and about communication scripts. There is "formal" language, but that basically just means that when you're talking to an elder or someone of import, you won't use slang or English Sign Language, a hybrid of English and ASL. Katrina couldn't think of any communication scripts off the top of her head, but I'm sure I will begin to notice some as I spend more time with the deaf community.