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03-29-2019, 01:09 PM
First up I wanted to thank Disco_Volante for reminding me about this with his revelation in the EElounge about chicks with hearing impairments.
I'm a guy who likes my quiet time and in this noisy era of hustle and bustle I've always thought that sign language was kind of cool. Not only that, but it's a skill that can take you lots of places and put you next to some of the most famous people in the world.
You want hip modern culture to impress millennial chicks? Sign has you covered.
You want to be able to express yourself without being charged by the social justice police? Sign's got you back.
You want to neg a chick so smoothly she can't get you out of her head. Sign is your wingman.
So I'm going to kick this off as the official sign language thread of the RVF.
Drop 'em, lads.
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03-29-2019, 01:28 PM
Looking forward to seeing more of this.
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03-29-2019, 01:28 PM
Haha great idea man. I hooked up with a deaf girl for a bit. She used a pocket type thing (this was in 2002) but all we did was go dance at a club then bang. She hooked up my buddy with her deaf friend and but it never really went anywhere. I tell ya what, there was something about being out with two VERY hot deaf chicks that made us feel like legends. No talking. Very little typing.
My wife and I also taught our son some sign when he was a baby and it worked like a charm. He could tell us a lot in only knowing 5 signs. Very helpful and made for a less cranky kid.
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03-29-2019, 01:45 PM
It seems like a lot of these signs have multiple steps. I'm surprised they can translate a person speaking in real time. It seems like speed has more than twice the words per minute of sign.
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03-29-2019, 05:16 PM
I think it's cute when deaf chicks talk, it sounds like a seal being clubbed to death. I find it endearing, like I want to take care of them.
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03-30-2019, 12:23 AM
All the gifs above are correct, but let me tell you there are over 50 ways to sign “fuck” and a dozen ways to sign “bullshit”. I can think of 4 ways to sign “asshole” depending on the context.
Most deaf people have absolutely no filter and are quite blunt, but they also use a lot of slang.
So learn a few of these, and enjoy going down the rabbit hole. You’ll be amazed.
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03-30-2019, 12:39 AM
Oh and by the way, sign language isn’t just one language. There’s American sign language, Japanese sign language, Thai sign lang, Vietnamese, Australian, French, Brazilian, Portuguese, and so on.
And they are ALL different!
I’m fluent in American sign language, but I wouldn’t be able to understand a deaf person using Chinese sign language.
There IS an “universal sign language” but nobody really knows it because people rarely use it.
One more interesting tidbit... American sign language is dervived from French sign language because most deaf immigrants who colonized the new America were French themselves! So if I were to meet someone using French sign language, I might understand half of it.
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03-30-2019, 01:02 PM
This is my sign for the day.
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03-31-2019, 09:36 AM
Next.
Does anyone know if we're supposed to be mirroring these pictures or assuming the same facing?
Does it actually matter?
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03-31-2019, 10:07 AM
Not exaxtly sure what you’re asking, Leonard, but facial expressions matter 100%. It’s actually part of the grammar. For example:
When asking a yes/no question, you RAISE your eyebrows at the end to signify that you are expecting a yes or no answer. “Are you OK? (Raised eyebrows)” - your gif above shows exactly that.
An open ended question though, you LOWER your eyebrows. “What are you doing? (lowered eyebrows)” it say seem like the asker is angry, but he’s actually not.
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03-31-2019, 10:22 AM
When I said facing what I meant was "should I be doing with my left hand what HE is doing with his left hand or should I be pretending I'm looking into a mirror?"
I'm guessing the former but I just wanted to be sure.
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03-31-2019, 10:36 AM
Ah.
Nah, it depends on whether you’re right or left handed. If you’re right handed, your right hand will do most of the work when signing, and vice versa. No need to mirror the other guy.
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04-24-2019, 05:04 AM
I have woefully neglected this thread.
Time to get back on track.
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05-09-2019, 08:48 AM
I think this is the shorthand...
...pun intended.
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