Just out of curiosity.
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No but I knew a blind guy once.
But seriously, I have only been around a couple people that were deaf, never close to them. Although my father might as well be deaf his hearing is so bad, that might count. |
my sister in law signs. and alot of the people she knows does. i went to hang out and people are having a verbal conversation accross the room and shes having her own across the room signing. and im all like https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683561.gif
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i know a few signs. a few of my friends sign. i know a joke or 2 also. wanna see them....
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what?
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my friend george, his brother is deaf and he keeps kickin me and **** when i'm over relaxin. but other then that hes pretty cool.
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my mom can sign. and my friends aunt is now both blind and deaf.
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man that sucks, sorry to hear.
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Originally Posted by Eric Happy Meal' date='Apr 24 2004, 11:36 PM
my mom can sign. and my friends aunt is now both blind and deaf.
As for knowing ASL, I know very little, and that's only because my sister and brother-in-law are teaching their kids to sign. It's incredible to see my 1 year old nephew hand my sister a book and then give the sign for "read" or sometimes he even gives the sign for "read" and then the sign for "book". My 2 year old neice knows a lot of signs and she's pretty used to using them naturally. They should probably teach that stuff in school. |
Yeah Christine is something else, going to see her today in fact.
As for myself I know some ASL and take courses but don't know anyone other then Christine who is deaf. Funny now that I can acutally communicate some in their native language it's like all the deaf people vanish. I agree it should be taught in school. Unlike others the deaf can't really learn another language. There's a myth that they all read lips or can all learn english and the truth is quite different. |
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