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To: weston; Rusty0604; Lakeside Granny
No one form of sign language is universal. Different sign languages are used in different countries or regions.

Remember this story from last year?

Fake Sign Language Interpreter Delivered Gibberish In Florida

Tuesday, December 05, 2017

TAMPA, Florida -- Hearing-impaired people tuning in to a news conference about the arrest of a suspected serial killer got a message of gibberish from an American Sign Language interpreter.

As Tampa police Chief Brian Dugan announced the arrest of Howell Donaldson Wednesday night, interpreter Derlyn Roberts was there beside him, making signs that made no sense.

"She sat up there and waved her arms like she was singing Jingle Bells," Rachell Settambrino, who is deaf and teaches American Sign Language at the University of South Florida, told the Tampa Bay Times through an interpreter.


230 posted on 12/10/2018 8:21:42 PM PST by Vlad The Inhaler (Yes Dorothy, Windows 10 sucks even in Kansas!)
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

Haha! I remember that! I think I remember an instance where a male interpreter got caught signing gibberish as well.


248 posted on 12/10/2018 9:24:01 PM PST by weston (As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing)
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

I forgot about that story. Amusing.


324 posted on 12/11/2018 6:10:26 AM PST by Rusty0604
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