sign language and deaf culture....
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ok...though i din get to see the watever ad....but i would like to make some comments on this topic.....
last time when i was doing volunteer work i got learn sign language......bery basic one......cannot engage in "conversation" with the deaf n mute lah....but agah agah can understand the simple gestures.....
then there are always these deaf n mute ppl selling those soft toys or handicrafts at food centres and all tt....got one time i signed something to tt person but tt person like dun seem to understand....oso no sign back...and keep pointing to the card (which he wrote his "story")....then i doubt if he relli is deaf n mute....but me no expose him....jus chase him off my table.... -
That one is a fake one. REAL hearing-impaired people don't peddle stuff in hawker centres, They have decent jobs just like the rest of us...Originally posted by FireIce:ok...though i din get to see the watever ad....but i would like to make some comments on this topic.....
last time when i was doing volunteer work i got learn sign language......bery basic one......cannot engage in "conversation" with the deaf n mute lah....but agah agah can understand the simple gestures.....
then there are always these deaf n mute ppl selling those soft toys or handicrafts at food centres and all tt....got one time i signed something to tt person but tt person like dun seem to understand....oso no sign back...and keep pointing to the card (which he wrote his "story")....then i doubt if he relli is deaf n mute....but me no expose him....jus chase him off my table.... -
yah.....somemore these ppl are usually quite young and modern......
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Heehee. Sign language.. I can only remember the sign for PIG.
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Yup yup... I have some hearing-impaired friends, and they're just living a normal life like the rest of us.Originally posted by FireIce:yah.....somemore these ppl are usually quite young and modern......