Comments on: The ILY Sign http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/08/19/the-ily-sign/ A deaf American volunteer goes to Sri Lanka to work at a school for deaf children in Matara. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:49:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Indrajit Gunasekara http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/08/19/the-ily-sign/#comment-6795 Indrajit Gunasekara Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:51:21 +0000 http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/08/19/the-ily-sign/#comment-6795 Dear Adam Ayubowan! Your study of Sri Lankan culture is intense and amazing. You even found out who made the Thissamaharama Dagaba and when!!! Matara is my native city where I was born and grew up. My father was Deaf and SSL is my mother language. I am now a student at the University of Hawaii majoring in Deaf education. I have mainly studied ASL and American Deaf culture, but for the last three years I have been online researching Sri Lankan Deaf education. The most wonderful and vivid description I ever found was your blog!!! I close my eye and see you going to Gandara and dealing with Kasun’s situation. Your video on mangosteen makes me so homesick: the kids with bright eyes and moving hands signing around. This September I am planning to go to Sri Lanka for four mounts to see what’s new in Sri Lankan Deaf culture and education. While researching to find something about Matara’s Deaf School, I found your journals, Awesome!!! Your blog is pure soul with original thought for lucky Rohana School. I am so happy and proud to know there are people willing to share their soul with a Deaf school in my native Matara. I would like to get touch with you to share experiences. Aloha Indrajit indrajit@hawaii.edu Dear Adam

Ayubowan!

Your study of Sri Lankan culture is intense and amazing. You even found out who made the Thissamaharama Dagaba and when!!!

Matara is my native city where I was born and grew up. My father was Deaf and SSL is my mother language. I am now a student at the University of Hawaii majoring in Deaf education. I have mainly studied ASL and American Deaf culture, but for the last three years I have been online researching Sri Lankan Deaf education. The most wonderful and vivid description I ever found was your blog!!! I close my eye and see you going to Gandara and dealing with Kasun’s situation. Your video on mangosteen makes me so homesick: the kids with bright eyes and moving hands signing around.
This September I am planning to go to Sri Lanka for four mounts to see what’s new in Sri Lankan Deaf culture and education. While researching to find something about Matara’s Deaf School, I found your journals, Awesome!!!
Your blog is pure soul with original thought for lucky Rohana School.

I am so happy and proud to know there are people willing to share their soul with a Deaf school in my native Matara. I would like to get touch with you to share experiences.

Aloha

Indrajit

indrajit@hawaii.edu

]]> By: Debbie, Gins mum http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/08/19/the-ily-sign/#comment-6698 Debbie, Gins mum Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:42:13 +0000 http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/08/19/the-ily-sign/#comment-6698 Working at a High School I inevitably come across numerous signs a, gestures, sayings and graffitti. The fingers for peace are used widely by people in NZ in particular with Japanes students who seem to use them in every photo taken. The peace sign turned around has a less desirable meaning, apparently initiated by archers in France who used their two fingers to shoot arrows and then jestured the fingers (minus the bow) at their attackers when their aim was succesasful, a century or two later we are still using the fingers. The sign for good has been around from the Colosseum where the people put their thumbs up if they wanted a gladiator to live or down if they wanted him to continue to fight until death. Words come and go too: Cool, Bling Bling, Cuz, Bro,Yeah... Words,jestures or signs all have different meanings even if they're the same Words,jestures or signs. I think they're done to be at one with others, a common denominator, however, when they are given with full body language and or tone their meaning becomes what the origional meaning was meant to be (phew what a mouthful) So... The I love you sign is a sense of being at one with people around, trendy maybe for centuries to come like the good and bad sign, but a true I love you sign will come with facial expression and body gesture when it's given out with it's true meaning. Working at a High School I inevitably come across numerous signs a, gestures, sayings and graffitti.

The fingers for peace are used widely by people in NZ in particular with Japanes students who seem to use them in every photo taken.

The peace sign turned around has a less desirable meaning, apparently initiated by archers in France who used their two fingers to shoot arrows and then jestured the fingers (minus the bow) at their attackers when their aim was succesasful, a century or two later we are still using the fingers.

The sign for good has been around from the Colosseum where the people put their thumbs up if they wanted a gladiator to live or down if they wanted him to continue to fight until death.

Words come and go too: Cool, Bling Bling, Cuz, Bro,Yeah…

Words,jestures or signs all have different meanings even if they’re the same Words,jestures or signs. I think they’re done to be at one with others, a common denominator, however, when they are given with full body language and or tone their meaning becomes what the origional meaning was meant to be (phew what a mouthful)

So… The I love you sign is a sense of being at one with people around, trendy maybe for centuries to come like the good and bad sign, but a true I love you sign will come with facial expression and body gesture when it’s given out with it’s true meaning.

]]> By: Diane http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/08/19/the-ily-sign/#comment-6696 Diane Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:19:07 +0000 http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/08/19/the-ily-sign/#comment-6696 "I love you" -- has many definition of meanings therefore *ILY* you all! “I love you” — has many definition of meanings therefore *ILY* you all!

]]> By: Dianrez http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/08/19/the-ily-sign/#comment-6681 Dianrez Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:26:09 +0000 http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/08/19/the-ily-sign/#comment-6681 There is no better contribution to the world from the Deaf Community than the ILY sign. Let's give it away freely and without restrictions to the world; and use our own signs that have more specific meanings for our Deaf community. "I'm here, find me!" (point to self from above, sign HERE) "Friends to friends!" (hold up FRIENDS) and "I really, really, love you!" (the R-ILY sign) can be easily agreed upon and spread through use. A new one, the deaf applause sign, could be signed with both hands as (D + WAVE APPLAUSE) to identify oneself as a Deaf person. Or we could always use the ILY sign. There is no better contribution to the world from the Deaf Community than the ILY sign. Let’s give it away freely and without restrictions to the world; and use our own signs that have more specific meanings for our Deaf community.

“I’m here, find me!” (point to self from above, sign HERE) “Friends to friends!” (hold up FRIENDS) and “I really, really, love you!” (the R-ILY sign) can be easily agreed upon and spread through use. A new one, the deaf applause sign, could be signed with both hands as (D + WAVE APPLAUSE) to identify oneself as a Deaf person.

Or we could always use the ILY sign.

]]> By: White Ghost http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/08/19/the-ily-sign/#comment-6678 White Ghost Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:12:25 +0000 http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/08/19/the-ily-sign/#comment-6678 What did the ILY sign make so special? Who invented the ILY sign? It was invented by an American during the World War II. White Ghost What did the ILY sign make so special? Who invented the ILY sign? It was invented by an American during the World War II.

White Ghost

]]> By: Kevin http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/08/19/the-ily-sign/#comment-6676 Kevin Sun, 19 Aug 2007 11:50:47 +0000 http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/08/19/the-ily-sign/#comment-6676 Know when I realized that "ILY" sign has run its course? A lady with a huge "ILY" tattoo on her back. It was HUGE - about 10 inches wide. I thought to myself "that's it!". I cannot look at another ILY sign without rolling my eyes inward. Know when I realized that “ILY” sign has run its course? A lady with a huge “ILY” tattoo on her back. It was HUGE - about 10 inches wide. I thought to myself “that’s it!”. I cannot look at another ILY sign without rolling my eyes inward.

]]> By: Erin http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/08/19/the-ily-sign/#comment-6673 Erin Sun, 19 Aug 2007 05:21:53 +0000 http://www.foundinceylon.com/2007/08/19/the-ily-sign/#comment-6673 I do think the sign ILY is over used. there is a double standard, regardless. I think it's over used! I've always htought the terms, i love you are over used, do people really mean it when they say it. when my family and i say it, we mean it cuz we say it oh so rarely! we don't say I love you all the time, when we say it, we mean it. and when i say it to boyfriend, it's VERY rare, but when i say it, I absolutely mean it. but those people in the pictures, it hink they genuinely mean it.. i think cuz they treasure life a lot more, I don't know how to explain it, but i think you know what i mean. I think when they say I love you, they mean it, at least a lot more often than when we say it every single time. I'm a huge believer of only saying I love you to certain people when i absolutely mean it, and that's a phrase i say oh, so very rarely, so when i say it. they know I mean it... I do think the sign ILY is over used. there is a double standard, regardless. I think it’s over used! I’ve always htought the terms, i love you are over used, do people really mean it when they say it. when my family and i say it, we mean it cuz we say it oh so rarely! we don’t say I love you all the time, when we say it, we mean it. and when i say it to boyfriend, it’s VERY rare, but when i say it, I absolutely mean it. but those people in the pictures, it hink they genuinely mean it.. i think cuz they treasure life a lot more, I don’t know how to explain it, but i think you know what i mean. I think when they say I love you, they mean it, at least a lot more often than when we say it every single time. I’m a huge believer of only saying I love you to certain people when i absolutely mean it, and that’s a phrase i say oh, so very rarely, so when i say it. they know I mean it…

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