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From: Ann.Stalnaker@p0.f14.n385.z1.fidonet.org (Ann Stalnaker)
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Subject: Re: How hard is it to learn to sign?
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Date: 23 May 91 19:24:46 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 > Classrooms are boring, and tend to leave out the body language,
 > puns, and yes, humor.  She showed me some "deaf humor"
 > in signs like "understand" where the sign for stand is just
 > inverted so that the "stand" is beneath the left hand instead
 > of on top.  Over the week (weak?) end was signed by taking
 > the stand sign and starting at the right shoulder, and
 > going over the head to the left shoulder.  Also, in classes
 > you don't learn how to curse.  Comes in handy when you
 > run into a fanny pincher.

Would you believe the first signs I ever learned were cuss words?
Sure made things interesting when you didn't want one to know
what you thinking and didn't want to say it verbally - all you
had to do was sign the explictive.

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