I know sandy is serious business,

[okieinpain]

but the signing lady with mayor bloomberg is beautiful and funny as hell. some of her expressions are going to be on snl.

once again I know this is serious business, but I'm in love.

[TomClash]

1. Lydia is her name

Nice woman.

[valerief]

2. Oh, yeah. You can't take your eyes off her. nt

[justiceischeap]

3. What do some signers make funny faces?

Serious question. I've noticed some signers make funny faces as they sign. Is there a purpose to it?

[Panasonic]

6. Visual cues.

To know what the mood is like, actually.

Not a native ASL signer, but fluent - wife is a native ASL signer.

[justiceischeap]

7. Thanks! nt

[okieinpain]

9. I never noticed tell now, there was a different

signer on with mayor bloomberg and she was nowhere near as animated.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

10. Facial Expressions: With link.

Facial Expressions

In American Sign Language, facial expressions are an important part of communication.
The facial expressions you use while doing a sign will affect the meaning of that sign.
For example, if you sign the word "quiet," and add an exaggerated or intense facial expression, you are telling your audience to be "very quiet."
This principle also works when making "interesting" into "very interesting," or "funny" into "very funny."
Facial expressions are an example of a set of behaviors called "non-manual markers." Non-manual markers include facial expressions, head tilt, head nod, head shake, shoulder raising, mouth morphemes, and other non-signed signals that influence the meaning of your signs.

http://lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/facialexpressions.htm

[tblue]

4. Ok. Now I have to rewind and take a look.

Funny you.

[oswaldactedalone]

5. She's awesome

and very nice looking!

[Faith9326]

8. Ha

We(in my house) were just talking about how animated she is. Awesome.