I don't sign but I do lip read(though it's harder than it looks) so it would have been good if the camera was always on their face. I do urge people to please learn the sign alphabet it can make a lot of difference and help a lot, like giving the first letter of a word when the lip shape is the same for different words.
I was hoping a lipreader would watch Fletch's performance, where she mouths the words to the song. Do you like it that she does so?
It's rare to see people conversing in sign, isn't it? That leads me to guess that many deaf people avoid public places. From what you've said here, I think that a hearing person like me could do well to learn the sign alphabet and get into the habit of stating the first letters of words. I'm unlikely ever to learn sign properly but perhaps people would like it if I stated first letters.
yeah it is good to mouth the words as I think you can lose a lot of words in sign. I've been to see the comedian Adam Hills a few times and he always has a signer, who is often funnier than him. I've never seen the point in learning to fully sign as I don't know anyone who does and doubt my hands would hold out long any way
That's a point about hand limitations. Mine are limited too. Also, I'm left-handed. I notice that Fletch used her left hand and then her right to sign, I think, the same word 'look.' Are signers free to use both hands as they prefer?
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I do urge people to please learn the sign alphabet it can make a lot of difference and help a lot, like giving the first letter of a word when the lip shape is the same for different words.
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It's rare to see people conversing in sign, isn't it? That leads me to guess that many deaf people avoid public places. From what you've said here, I think that a hearing person like me could do well to learn the sign alphabet and get into the habit of stating the first letters of words. I'm unlikely ever to learn sign properly but perhaps people would like it if I stated first letters.
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