So ASL doesn't really have a written form, since it's a visual language rather than auditory and capturing motion on paper is, well, challenging. If you've ever seen those textbook diagrams of different signs you know how hard it can be to represent them clearly.

But when we do need to write out ASL sentences which follow ASL grammar, we use what's called "gloss" where we just write out approximate English direct translations in ASL grammar, in all-caps. I find ASL grammar to be incredibly intuitive, but it's still very much not English grammar.

Anyway, for class next week I need to bring and present a short story involving money signs. Now, I don't want to forget the story during class, or how to tell it, so I'm writing it out in gloss. And, just, man, it just comes across like I'm writing in a really fun eccentric posting style that's very delightful.

LAST-WEEK WALMART SELL WHAT? BIG fs4K TV HOW-MUCH? ONE-C-FIFTEEN DOLLAR! THAT CHEAP. THAT BIG TV. I TRY BUY BUT? SOLD-OUT (NOD, EXPRESS SAD)

I want you all to know that this is intuitive to me because this is basically how I think. This is basically how my sentences formulate in my head before I translate them into English grammar. I think the mandatory all-caps for gloss also just makes it come across as really excited which is also such a mood. Like what if I just had a blog where I wrote everything in ASL gloss all the time it would be such a vibe. It comes off so different than when it's actually signed.