Shout out to Mark Dienh, ASLWrite history
Today's post is about Mark Dienh, a former contributer to the facebook group and how amazing his work has been.
Mark spent a lot of time studying the ASLWrite system and then began posting in the group asking for feedback. He had a strong foundation and took feedback enthusiastically, including source videos etc.
I wish I could spend time elaborating on all of the various signs he shared and how they influenced my own practice (and others) but I'd never get this post out.
This video highlights you don't need to know Vietnamese sign language to be able to see how the signs are expressed by the orthography,
It might feel odd to think of Vietnamese sign language being written in ASLWrite, but it really highlights why calling it all SLWrite is a healthy change. Marks work is a foundational example (though of course not the only one). I'd love to move a copy of his videos over here because facebook could easily eat them and that would be a loss for the archives, but I'd like to reach out to him first. Unfortunately a lot of people have ditched facebook so its getting challenging to do.
These are some of the Vietnamese SL signs written in ASLWrite, but I’m not sure if they are correct. If they don’t, how should they be chang