Happy Birthday and Member App Update

By Jillian Winn
Sunday, January 20, 2013

We launched Signing Savvy in January 2009 with the goal of creating a comprehensive online sign language resource. Over the last four years the site has grown dramatically in content, features, and usage. We are so grateful for the support of all of our active users. It is you, our users, that make Signing Savvy so special. We particularly are thankful for our full members who allow us to continue to grow and maintain the site and enhance its features. As we celebrate the end of our fourth year, we are thrilled about the things to come in 2013 and beyond!

With that said, we are excited to announce that a new version of the Signing Savvy Member App for both Apple iOS devices and Android devices is now available. This long anticipated update addresses all known issues with the previous version, enhances the interface, adds additional sign information, and allows for searching of dates, times, and currency. And, most notably, the app now takes advantage of the iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone 5 Retina display, and Android tablet display if you are on one of those devices. The Signing Savvy Member App is for Signing Savvy full members. If you are not yet a full member, you can still use the app to easily check the Sign of the Day on your mobile device.

Signing Savvy on Mobile

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Savvy User KerryWednesday, January 30, 2013

Happy Birthday and thank you, Signing Savvy. This site is clearly a labor of love and the result of a true passion for spreading this beautiful language. As a professional educator, I want to say your service is impeccable. As a student of sign language, I want to say I could not do without Signing Savvy. Best wishes for a very long and successful future.

New to the site

Savvy User karenSunday, February 3, 2013

Hello John,

I found your website simply by accident while looking up a word. My primary language is sign and now have incorporated it into my business but discussing something with my brother in law we had a bit of an arguement and thought maybe you could assist. I tried explaining to him that there could be one sign for multiple words however he doesnt think this is true. I am 44 years old and have been around the Deaf community my whole life where as he has only been part of the community for the past four years. My question to you is, how would you explain to a hearing person the way the Deaf communicate? Ive tried and it goes on deaf ears. As you know, the Deaf do not communicate the same as a hearing person simply becasue they do not hear words on a day to day basis. I would appreciate any words of wisdom from your experience dealing with this for many years.

Re: New to the site

BenjaminWaaaaThursday, February 7, 2013

the best way ive been able to descibe that signs have more than one meaning to hearing people is to think of synonyms, mulpliple words to say the same thing. In ASL its reversed, one sign to say many things, but those many things are usually synonyms. there is also a blog post back in december that described this kind of situation. he should really take a college ASL course or two. ASL 1&2 both get into the basic "rules" of ASL, like HOLM, tenses, word order, ect.

response to Karen and Benjamin

John @ Signing SavvyThursday, February 14, 2013

Hello Karen, I think I responded to you personally but thought I would add it to the site as well so that others can see the answer. Benjamin is correct also with his response. There are many words that can be represented by one sign. Because of this, one has to always consider the context of the sign in order to understand the true meaning. There are also signs that may look like one sign but can actually be translated in English as a sentence. Gestures are also a huge part of sign language so they are often used in a sentence and are not exactly a sign, but definitely convey a meaningful part of the communication.

Thanks, John

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