Don't use that W!.... that letter has been banned from the American language as a dirty word! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I have a deaf colleague and the feds pay for the interpeting service..... terp of course is their affectionate nickname! (And Not to be confused with the U of Maryland mascot.. the turtle)

It took me quite some time to understand that ASL is not English converted into signs. The syntax and grammar are completely different. When the deaf learn to read english... its like us learning to read in another language.

Sometimes... you are better off communicating through terps then writing out what you want to say in english. The terps have to communicate all of the energy and feeling and emotion that goes into human communciation that you just can't get when you write... (unless you are Shakespeare)!