Nicholas Barnard ASL Project Script
Tim Engelbrink
T: Hi. Are you deaf?
N: No, I not deaf. I hearing. You deaf?
T: I not deaf. I hearing. What classes are you taking?
N: I'm taking marketing, theatre, and sign.
T: I'm taking sign class.
N: Who is your teacher?
T: My teacher name Barb Dunaway.
N: I hate my teacher.
T: Where you take class?
N: I take class at Podunk University.
T: You don't know sign. WSU is better school.
N: You crazy fuck, if you're better how do you sign quarrel?
T: Uhhh... I don't know.
N: See you're dumb. Quarrel is signed quarrel.
T: Your mean. You're not nice. I'm taking ASL I, RHB101.
N: I'm sorry. My mistake. You're just dumb.
T: You know words but you don't know numbers.
N: Ehh.. I work deaf on telephone. You work where?
T: I work at a restaurant. On North Fairfield. Where you work?
N: I work Dorothy Lane.
T: What building number?
N: Uhhh... 2448. What you like eat Max and Ermas?
T: I like soda, drinks, and coffee. I don't like food. You look you like food. I see you walk to class.
N: You dumb. I'm not a duck.
T: Where you from?
N: I'm from Fairborn. Where you from?
T: I'm from water fountain.
N: Huh? Water fountain?
T: No. No. No. I'm from Dayton
N: Hmm. Where you live?
T: I live apartment?
N: Where?
T: Cimarron.
N: I don't like Cimarron apartment.
T: Where you live?
N: Apartment.
T: Where?
N: Uhh. Cimarron.
T: You dumb, you live where you don't like.
N: I don't know. I live there. I don't like apartment
T: I like apartment. Where the library?
N: Library near here, (give directions to library)
T: Okay I need to go to the library. Nice to meet you. What your name?
N: Nice to meet you. My name Nick. What your name?
N: My name Tim 2000.