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1 posted on 10/06/2016 3:22:04 PM PDT by ml/nj
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Can you say whatever you said in common English?


2 posted on 10/06/2016 3:25:38 PM PDT by Fungi (Beer, you like beer? Enjoy your beer and all the fungi that come with it,)
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3 posted on 10/06/2016 3:27:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Reminds me of this:

Hope your Mom stays safe!

4 posted on 10/06/2016 3:27:42 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (All the days of my life were written in your book before there was one of them!)
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Sorry not sure if you are sarcastic, or what your exact complaint is.


7 posted on 10/06/2016 3:32:20 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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The signer is for the live audience.
Do I need to af sarcasm?


8 posted on 10/06/2016 3:35:42 PM PDT by HotKat (Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)
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Okay, I’m blonde and I understand you just fine! No idea what everyone else’s problem is!

- Megan


9 posted on 10/06/2016 3:35:52 PM PDT by MeganC (JE SUIS CHARLES MARTEL!!!)
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10 posted on 10/06/2016 3:43:32 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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Nobody should be allowed to broadcast a message over the airwaves or internet unless they have an inset box with someone using ASL and closed caption for every language spoken by at least one American.

That way only the large media corporations will be allowed to send us messages.

We shouldn't trust individuals to be able to send proper messages over the internet or airwaves. Some of them might cause undue distress to SJWs or BLM.

11 posted on 10/06/2016 3:44:01 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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So your complaint is that the person you are listening to is in too small of a box? Perhaps they do not have split screen capabilities, and only picture in picture abilities.


12 posted on 10/06/2016 3:44:09 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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That’s what the CC button on the remote is for.


13 posted on 10/06/2016 3:49:09 PM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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There is also a distinct variety of ASL used by the Black Deaf community.[21] Black ASL evolved as a result of racially segregated schools in some states, which included the residential schools for the deaf.[24]:4 Black ASL differs from standard ASL in vocabulary, phonology, and some grammatical structure.[21][24]:4 While African American Vernacular English (AAVE) is generally viewed as more innovating than standard English, Black ASL is more conservative than standard ASL, preserving older forms of many signs.[24]:4 Black sign language speakers use more two-handed signs than in mainstream ASL, are less likely to show assimilatory lowering of signs produced on the forehead (e.g. KNOW), and use a wider signing space.[24]:4 Modern Black ASL borrows a number of idioms from AAVE; for instance, the AAVE idiom “I feel you” is calqued into Black ASL.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sign_Language


17 posted on 10/06/2016 4:00:32 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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That’s what you worry about?


22 posted on 10/06/2016 4:17:23 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Brace. Brace. Brace. Heads down. Do not look up.)
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I thought that you have a selection on your cable remote to get any channel “closed captioned” — i.e. with written text, for whatever reason people need or prefer that.


27 posted on 10/06/2016 4:52:41 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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1.The ASL interpreter may have been there for deaf people physically present at the place where they were filming.
2. Especially since the camera pulled away from the ASL interpreter during part(s) of the conference
3. Hearing French people have the ability to learn to at least understand spoken English. Deaf people do not have that ability. Lip-reading under the best of circumstances is only at about 25%.

And personally, I’d rather our tax dollars go to help people who really have no options, like deaf people, than into lining the pockets of already-rich people.


29 posted on 10/06/2016 5:22:14 PM PDT by Chicory
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Closed captioning only works so well with someone whose first language is not English.

ASL is NOT signed English and it’s not simply a matter of signing the exact words that the speaker is speaking. There is translation going on there to make it more understandable for someone whose native language is ASL.

I suppose one could argue that Deaf people living in the US ought to be fluent in English as well, and that would be nice if that were the case, but it’s not.

I can’t believe that you don’t have more important things to worry about than ASL interpretation for the Deaf and hard of hearing.

I wish I had such an easy life that the biggest issue I had to deal with was being annoyed at seeing something I didn’t want to see.

Your ignorance of what the Deaf have to deal with on a daily basis can be excused, but your pettiness in posting a vanity like this exposes the smallness of your mind and spirit.


30 posted on 10/06/2016 5:28:20 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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As a deaf person, I can explain this for you very clearly.

There are many deaf people who understand sign language better than captioning or subtitles. ASL is their first language. ASL is not the same as English language. Very different.

In a situation like this hurricane, most deaf people should have the message given to them in their first language.

I was mainstreamed and didn’t learn sign language until college so I’m more dependent on captioning.

Hope this helps y’all understand the need for an interpreter in situations such as these. That interpeter was not flailing his arms. He was signing beautifully and clearly for the deaf. ASL is beautiful! :)


31 posted on 10/06/2016 5:55:09 PM PDT by Vol2727
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The fat oaf is deaf. Lighten up.


36 posted on 10/06/2016 6:44:24 PM PDT by irish guard
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If it was the news conference I saw, the sign language interpreter was a tall, beefy white guy who really was about three times larger than the official giving the briefing. In addition, he was curiously dressed in that he had on a too small dark suit jacket but was wearing wrinkled khaki trousers. So I have to agree that the sign language interpreter was a little bit distracting is he waved his arms around right next to the podium.


40 posted on 10/06/2016 9:38:23 PM PDT by Captain Rhino (also)
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