The Autistic Polyglot

American Sign Language (ASL)

Australian Sign Language (Auslan)

Black American Sign Language (BASL)

British Sign Language (BSL)

Chinese Sign Language (CSL)

Emirati Sign Language (ESL)

French Sign Language (LSF)

Indian Sign Language (ISL)

International Sign Language (IS)

Irish Sign Language (ISL)

Japanese Sign Language (JSL)

Mexican Sign Language (LSM)

Plains Indian Sign Language (PISL)

Ukrainian Sign Language (USL)

however there is a part of my brain that goes “THAT’S NOT WHAT THAT WORD MEANS” still to this day even though i know exactly what word the person intended to use or how understandable it is that they are misquoting a phrase.

Also would love it if you could let me know which languages you speak.

¡Hola! Since I started a new language journey, I decided to change my image and do a reintroduction!

Relevant info about me:

Aciir is the name I go by on the internet

(Mexican) Spanish is my native language

I’m in my last semester of my degree (pedagogy)

Main: @ardenenearde

“esperando las tortillas” [waiting for the tortillas] is my queue tag. You know… because you’re in the queue… for the tortillas…

Languages:

I got certified in English level B2 at the end of highschool, but I guess now I’m C1.

I'm currently learning German because I'd like to live and work in Germany or some other country that speaks that language in the future. I'm still on level A0.

I think I’m level A2 transitioning to B1 in Brazilian Portuguese.

LSM (Mexican Sign Language) is something I really want to study but I always find excuses.

I’m interested in minority languages and I also think conlangs are very cool :))

Interests and hobbies:

LINGUISTICS!!! This is something I’ve always loved but never realized until I was in college. And don’t get me wrong, I love my degree and don’t plan to change it, but when I finish, studying linguistics or smth related is definitely a possibility! (ipaaciir comes from IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) and my internet name)

History and anthropology. This is a passion I developed during my first year of college and it’s a class I would love to teach.

I also enjoy embroidery and sewing.

Podcasts. I haven't listened to many episodes this past year but I hope I can this year. Some of my favorites are Lingthusiasm, Field Notes, Linguistics Everyday, Life on Side B, Hablemos Arte, and The Cult of Pedagogy.

Arts and design. I actually wanted to study graphic design before I realized I like education way more.

Job:

I currently work as an online private English teacher. It has helped me a lot to improve my skills and get better at teaching languages.

I want to study a diploma course in the teaching of Spanish as a second language. This is because I want to work as a Spanish teacher here in my country or abroad.

Slowly preparing for an actual job. My goal is to get one in my field by the end of the year.

Some blogs I follow:

@theloveoflanguage

@langsandlit

@etymology-findings

@stepstofluency

@ravenlesslangblr

@aro-langblr

@thatswhywelovegermany

@languageslibrary

@fremder-freund

@lalala-languages

Towns with exclamation marks in their name.

The gender of random words (it's clearly "die Nutella")

The name of jellyfilled donuts (Berliner)

I don't know what you guys are talking about but I also have one article with a D kan I join

Shout out to people who can't stick to strict routines to study because they have chronic fatigue, chronic pain, ADHD, or alike, shout out to people whose spelling will never be perfect because they are dyslexic, to people who will always struggle to write in other alphabets because they have motrix issues.

Shout out to people whose brains won’t collaborate when they want it to, hindering their study. To people who will always have to neglect one aspect of language because of their disability, to people that have to work with inaccessible resources and are told to just “put up” with it and to just get through

I truly love interpreter Sophia's way of signing! 👍👍 It appears she mixes a bit of American (ASL) and (SEE) Signing Exact English with some (PSE) Pidgin Sign Language. From experience, I know some deafies want just ASL other deafies and hard of hearing (HoH) people don't mind what way to sign, just as long as it gets the point across, for clear communication. When I attended Gallaudet University, back in the early 1990's, President I. King Jordan tried his best to encourage "TC" Total Communication. He was the very first Deaf president of this university and he wanted to bridge, to unite, all methods of communication, because many deaf people have some kind of vision loss, some are deaf blind. I agreed with President Jordan's ideas. I still believe it's best to use any way you can to communicate, sign language, lip reading, texting, (talk to text) email, writing on paper, dry erase/ white board,interpreters, drawing...why not? Everyone has different vocal tones and accents, why not a variety of methods to communicate?

https://audio.mcsweeneys.net/transcripts/against_access.html