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Anyone know sign language?


I'm curious as to what Josh signed to the sheriff.. Or if it was just 'gibberish'?

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Almost all of it was gibberish (with a few bits and pieces of signs that almost made sense) - a deaf person would have likely not understood a word he was signing...

FYI - the film was made 3 years after the ADA bill was signed...

Today, TDD machines have mostly been replaced by other high-tech means of communication - my late roommate of the early 90's (totally deaf) found his TDD machine to be his most-used piece of equipment...

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Interesting to know.. I've tried a couple times to teach myself ASL but never get very far. I know some basic signs but that's it.. I learned Spanish with Rosetta Stone, but they don't have an ASL program.

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I learned Spanish with Rosetta Stone, but they don't have an ASL program.


I'm extremely interested in doing this! Can you tell me if it was easy or hard using Rosetta stone and how long it took you to learn?


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