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pomeraniandancer · 2 months ago

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How the fuck does this even happen...

There are a number of languages you can search for works in on AO3, including Eald Eanglisc of all things, but the one language on there that really throws me for a loop is...American Sign Language.

Like, is there even a video option on AO3 for this to be possible?

I once picked a really big fanfic collection to search for ASL fics in and the only one that categorized as ASL was *written* in English. No videofile too be seen.

The most you can do in ASL in writing is write English words with ASL syntax. But that's still not ASL. ASL does not have a written alphabet or syllabary.

Genuinely bewildered about how this came about. Can people just post something and write in an "other" language and AO3 just adds that language to the list of languages they have fics written in?

I can't think of any other way that this might've happened, and as much as I adore AO3, this is pretty problematic.

#Archive of Our Own #fanfiction in foreign languages #American Sign Language #ASL DOES NOT HAVE A WRITTEN FORM #Don't get me wrong there are a few sign languages that *do* have written forms #Nicaraguan Sign Language is the only one I'm personally aware of #But it's very unusual #and probably another reason why NSL is such a standout language beyond the more consistently talked of reasons #Someone please point out how to write to OTW to point out how massively problematic and recursively wrong this is #deaf problems #because apparently pointing out to international orgs that you can't write in ASL is something we have to deal with #sorry I've been aware of this for a while #and just got annoyed and irritated enough about it tonight to post about it #ESL problems? I guess?#(ESL being English as a Second Language tbc)#(the sign language predominantly used in Britain is called British Sign Language not English Sign Language)#I'm gonna go cuddle my cat now.

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