i love that the sign for 'boy' and 'weird' are that similar in BSL. I studied Mandarin in college, and the word for 'difficult' and 'male' are pronounced the same way, different character but same pronunciation. I feel like this wasn't and accident! haha

so funny story. I'm in the US and I know ASL. I was talking with my friend at work who's deaf, and I've watched your videos so much, I used BSL for person instead of ASL version lol.

When my group of friends and I used to go out dancing a lot, we kind of made up our own sign language if we needed to get points across. None of us are deaf, but with the music in clubs being so loud, it's nearly impossible to talk anyways. A sign I remember being really useful was one we used if some dude suddenly started dancing with us and was being a bit too pushy, and we were uncomfortable and needed an out/rescue. Basically you would just make eye contact with someone in the group, and put your hand on your neck in a sort of caress. Then your friend/hero would just grab your arm, pull you away, and start dancing with you instead, and help keep a buffer between you and creepy handsy dude.

I am a swedish person with full hearing, and I thoroughly enjoy your videos! They are so educational and I've gotten really interested in learning how to sign. You are sooo pretty and your voice is super calming and nice to listen to! Keep up the good work!

6:43 So how would you sign ''that weird angry russian boy'' ?

This was great and very useful. I hope you do more like this. It was helpful to see Clara try and to have you do it again to clarify the sign. appreciate it !!!

I love your style ~ you're so classy! Such a helpful video!

Absolutely love this video. Thank you both!! ❤

This is very helpful! I would love to learn something new and educate myself for anyone around me that are deaf or need help. I start watching your videos and I really enjoy it. Thanks for sharing! 😊

I taught my husband drinking signs very early on, REALLY helpful in a busy area. He can order me a drink from across the room! 😂

Ahh I love you! I'm learning BSL ... slowly - You make it so fun! :)

Soooo much more entertaining than every other depressingly dull BSL video around. Please make the drinks video you suggested, it'd be a brilliant skill to have in a crowded bar - hard of hearing or not!

Hello Jessica! Great video. And just to let you know, from watching this, I realized the BSL sign for "what" is the same sign in JSL (Japanese Sign Language). Hard-of-Hearing American in Japan. Keep the excellent videos coming. Thanks.

Hey, I recently discovered your channel, it's really helpful :) i wondered if you'd consider having a comment/bit in your description with timecoded phrases, or maybe just "parts"? it might be handy for clicking back to certain parts after watching the vids through :)

Binge watching your videos. Love it.

You are so beautiful. I'm thinking of learning how to sign, I'm a support worker for people who have learning disabilities and you really have inspired me to learn. I also work with a person who is visually impaired. Thank you 👄🤚 x

Just found you and I'm so fascinated by you and your beauty.

great video! you look like royalty!

Literally came here for a bsl assessment. thanks for the heads up 😂😂

Do you feel the vibration of your voice when you talk? I've only watched a bit of the video so far but I have similar problems for the opposite reasons. I have heightened sensitivities. I hear white noise and buzzing all the time as well as every other noise. My brain can't tune out background noise. I can't ignore the people having a conversation 5 metres away because I can't hear the person I'm talking to because of it. My eyes are strange too. For a start I lose my vision sometimes. It just goes black. But only for maybe 20 seconds (this is provably because of blood pressure) I also see everything in pixels. Very tiny tiny tiny tiny pixels. I am rubbish at depth perception. I used to do gymnastics. I was actually ok. I think it helped me a lot with guessing depths. I was always terrified of the beam though. I really want to learn bsl because sometimes I can't speak, but I still need to communicate. Unfortunately if I choosethis route, I'll have to teach all the people close to me. I have absolutely fallen in love with your channel. You are also the same type of pretty I want to be when I'm healthier. I've just realised I've told a lot of random internet strangers random facts about me.

Love Love Love this so helpful

You're so articulate, especially considering you're deaf! 😻

Thank u! I have never studied sign language so this is maybe bit silly question but would just learning the main word of the sentence be useful? Like I don't remember the whole sentences after watching this once but I do remember the signs for a toilet, drink, this song, taxi and home :D

Many thanks Jessica - I too am partially deaf and blind in one eye and you summed it up well - Oliver Sacks' autobiography is worth a read - he calls it flat-vision very useful- many thanks and good luck

Ah, this was so much fun! I'll be careful with any Brian that crosses my path in the future. And I can't wait for the next songs!

You have the most gorgeous accent

In Scotland we use that wingman sign for Scotland and the name Scott 😂

My god you are so funny! !! I'm just met a hot deaf guy and I want to make him mine,I've now chosen you to help me 😂😂😂 subscribed! You're also stunning ! ❤❤❤

I loved this video!

I can empathise quite a bit with this Jessica, I am visually and hearing impaired. Shouting random nonsense is always a good plan. And reassuring nods.

Great video Jessica, these will be really useful the next time my friends and I go out! I have a question about sign language, if that is alright? Whenever I am signing I never know what sign to use for "if only" (as in "if only you knew"), so do you have any advice on how to translate that phrase?

I live in the US but I feel like I should learn some of these with my mom so when I’m really overwhelmed or need to leave, I don’t have to make anyone feel bad to do it.

I (sort of) know one Brian, and he's not homicidal but he does hang around in stores and stuff a lot and just kinda watch you.

Do you usually sim-com when using SSE or do you just do that for your videos because most of your audience is presumably hearing. I live in Canada and we use either ASL of LSQ (Quebec sign language) and in both French and English deaf communities it is disproved of to speak and sign at the same time. I noticed you mentioned in another video that you feel out of place in both the Deaf and hearing worlds sometimes but I was just curious if it is the same with BSL and SEE as ASL and LSQ in regards to Sim-coming?

You have a very beautiful voice anyway!

your right would be funny to use in bsl exam .....some intresting signs,,,,,and as you say sse... combined.....may I ask how long you have done sign???......slang is good I have to remember thiese signs

Strange of me to comment on a somewhat old video but I thought this was the best video to put it on. Do you have songs you remember from before you went deaf? How do you experience and enjoy music now that you cant hear it the same way?

Would you say that watching your videos where you sign helps when learning sign? It's just I happen to have no groups around me to learn but want to teach myself

Love ur makeup

Do you have any videos about all the problems we gets into by not hearing things correctly. I was pulled over by a police officer and had a real tough time because he did not believe i was hearing impaired. Im also blind in one eye. i had a detached retina. How did you lose your eye sight.

Oh my goodness, the flashing light on the back for help! Tried it in front of the mirror and it's not entirely inconspicuous to place my arm in position.

I remember at a work Christmas party I went to, there was a band playing so there were people dancing. It was so loud so I turned off my hearing aid. While I was dancing, I can feel the vibrations. It was pretty cool. 🙂

do you hear yourself while talking?

It was amazing being able to understand what words I can't hear as jess was sighing

My friend introduced her bf last night. His name was Bryan! I was laughing internally so hard! 😂😅

I have studied ASL and was happy to see that you showed one sign that is the same in BSL as in ASL. "Help". Also, "Help me" and "Help you.' I find it very strange that your hands do not face outward when signing. Also, the numbers in BSL are weird. :) Cheers!

I've just noticed that the signs for "where" and "what" are switched in ASL and BSL haha

i have some club signs if i pull my nose at you it means help me the guy whos is chatting me up is creeping me out big time make some excuse that i have to be taken away from him right now its an emergency / 2 i pull my ear ,it means i like the guy who is standing next to me and i cant find a way to chat him up help me . 3 i point to the door ,it means i want to bloody go home i hate it here . 4 i point up to the roof ,it means i wish i was dancing with an angel instead of this smelly man with the bad breath & do you know where an angel is please lol

Has anyone ever told Clara that from certain angles she looks a bit like Demi Lovato? Completely random, but I felt it had to be said 🤣 Love you guys ❤️!

What is even Clara's accent? It's British and something else but it's interesting and i like it. Adorable 🙂

Adore Clara! More make Clara eat weird things, please.

I’m sure you have thought of this a million times over but, what about tactile BSL? Does that/would that work for you at all? Is that even an option?

What area of the UK are you from? If you come to London I want to take you out to a gay bar called The Glory. It's a lot of fun and they have lots of Drag Queens and Drag Kings!

This might be a stupid question, but if you don't mind me asking, is it more difficult to lip read if someone has a thick accent? Like if someone has a thick Northern accent or similar, does it affect how clearly you can understand them?

Are u partially blind in one of ur eyes or fully? My dad can't see the center of his vision in the left eye, which has gotten worse since birth. So like the opposite of tunnel vision. So he only can see the peripherals, but needs to look at the center of the darkness otherwise his peripheral vision will change location (if that makes sense). So yeah he misses a lot of steps and curbs, due to the poor depth perception. He had a lot of injuries due to that before he learned how to determine the depth.

Thank you for your lovely videos. Could you perhaps pull the video back a bit when it’s just you on screen , as I can’t see all your signs - the bottom of your signing space is chopped off. Xx thank you xx

What advice would you give when someone who’s trying to have a conversation in sign but one person only knows ASL and the other only knows BSL

hahaha her be my wingman is the same as " be my scotttish"

You are adorable and so is this video. I am a very shy housewife, so I have a hard time being around people.

I'm actually interested in learning sign language , but there isn't anywhere within 3 hr from where I live, do they do online courses I wonder?

I knew someone called brian when I was younger and he thought because I was nice to him and my parents gave him lifts home from church that ment we were going out... Just to clarify, He was an 80 year old man with learning/developmental disabilities (I presume, he acted strange) and Im a 9 year old (he thought I was his girlfriend because at the time I had long hair and a strange name that could posibly be for either gender)

hey Jessica I have just started out on my blog journey about my HoH problems and issues and I'm hoping to try educate people just like you do. I'm hoping you could help me with any tips or anything please have a look at the videos I've done already your support would mean the world

Why is Clara so pretty 😂

I feel so attacked. D: Meaaaaaaaaaannnnnn

My coworkers name is Brian lollll

my friend used to sort of punch me in the hip if he wanted me to be his wingman ,i got a new friend ,i didn't like that !

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i am a girl and 11 and i am training for my BSL level 1 because my baby brother is deaf and so is my 2nd oldest brother.

You have different dialect, every time you are signing "toilet" it looks like you are signing "why"!!!!

Oh. My grandad is called brian 😂

i can see why you state NOT to do this in an exam

Can we please talk about how beautiful this woman is

4:20 well, that escalated quickly.

Stay away from Brian

I think my sister dated Bryan!! lol

I need to stop watching these videos I keep picking up on BSL and I'm Australian I need to learn auslan

Jessica, tip the camera down a bit please , I'm missing half of what you're signing.

Well...... if he does kill women, at least he can stuff them afterwards......lol..😂😂😂😂😂