I’ve been making a bit more of an effort to go to the fortnightly Auslan workshops, which is where we get together with other Auslan students and practise our signing. Last week’s workshop was held at DeafSA, and since it was a Friday, quite a few Deaf people were there having some drinks and just generally hanging out.

The guy who runs the workshops likes the night to be a bit educational, so he passes around some handouts with some stuff for us to practise. This time it was a list of sentences in English, which we then had to change into Auslan. We were going through the sentences, and then we got to one which was something like “I went to the doctor for a sperm test because my wife was having difficulties getting pregnant.”

We hadn’t come across the sign for “sperm” before, so the guy showed us what it was. So 35 of us were sitting around a table, all signing “sperm sperm sperm sperm”. I’m sure that would have been a lovely sight for the people who were trying to enjoy their drinks.

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After having a 5-month break from our driving trips, we thought it would be a good time to start up again. And since today was an absolutely perfect day, we thought we’d go to Ardrossan again. The photos are here.