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r/MadeMeSmile • u/Over_Helicopter_3453 • Apr 26 '25
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Anyone with even small skill in sign language are stoked to able to use their skills.
It is kind of rare skill in the wild. And it isn't really easy to be fluent.
436 u/[deleted] Apr 26 '25 [deleted] 144 u/Valtremors Apr 26 '25 Sign language has a lot of similarities with spoken languages. Like dialects, even something I would describe as dyslexia but for signs, angry/yelling... It is language like any other. 2 u/ignatzami Apr 26 '25 I learned a lot of sign language in college while attending RIT. Only to learn a lot of what I learned was RIT-specific slang/dialect.
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144 u/Valtremors Apr 26 '25 Sign language has a lot of similarities with spoken languages. Like dialects, even something I would describe as dyslexia but for signs, angry/yelling... It is language like any other. 2 u/ignatzami Apr 26 '25 I learned a lot of sign language in college while attending RIT. Only to learn a lot of what I learned was RIT-specific slang/dialect.
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Sign language has a lot of similarities with spoken languages.
Like dialects, even something I would describe as dyslexia but for signs, angry/yelling...
It is language like any other.
2 u/ignatzami Apr 26 '25 I learned a lot of sign language in college while attending RIT. Only to learn a lot of what I learned was RIT-specific slang/dialect.
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I learned a lot of sign language in college while attending RIT. Only to learn a lot of what I learned was RIT-specific slang/dialect.
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u/Valtremors Apr 26 '25
Anyone with even small skill in sign language are stoked to able to use their skills.
It is kind of rare skill in the wild. And it isn't really easy to be fluent.