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24 Aug 05, 12:00 AM - Voices: BSL in the UK
Have you caught any of the trails for the BBC's Voices season? This is a selection of TV and radio programmes running throughout August, presenting a snapshot of the ways we all speak across the British Isles in the early 21st century.
But what about another important language community in the UK: British Sign Language users? Just as with any language, there are considerable regional differences in BSL - and Voices want to know which signs you use.
If you are a regular BSL user, this is your chance to help us increase what is known about BSL variation across the UK by telling us which signs you use or know. Register to take part in the survey by visiting the Language Lab on the Voices website.
Plus, once you've completed the interactive survey, you can read more about the history of BSL and how it's used today on the site's Multilingual Nation pages.
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At 12:00 AM on 24 Aug 2005, Jenny Herd wrote:
Also interested to know if Voices spoke to any people who use communication aids, since unlike BSL, which can be very regionalised, most communication aids have a very similar American voice, so whether people are from Inverness or St Ives they will have the same accent! They could perhaps have dialect words included, but often the American pronunciation technology gets very tangled up trying to pronounce different words!!
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At 12:00 AM on 25 Aug 2005, Lenard T Bruce wrote:
I get £100,000 off Access To Work for sign language interpreters at my work. Why don't Access To Work pay for this? They discriminate against the deaf all the time. I want more money.
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At 12:00 AM on 05 Sep 2005, Ross Khan wrote:
I get £120,000 per year from Access To Work for interpreters. You just tell them I will lose the job if I don't get it then they give u money. I don't think anyone even knows about Access To Work outside disabled people and that it is funded at the Jobcentre so you should get it forever.
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