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To: peggybac

I’m glad I’m not the only one to notice how enthusiastically she performs her job.


98 posted on 10/27/2023 7:29:16 PM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: skr

She may be enthusiastic, but what I believe you are referencing is not necessarily the product of ‘enthusiasm’ - it’s the way deaf people communicate.

ASL isn’t a real language, and powerful facial expressions come naturally with it, to clarify and emphasize meaning. Even deaf people who don’t use sign language seem to have very expressive faces and gestures - it helps them to be understood, as with many their speech isn’t always clear. Hearing people who communicate with the deaf do the same thing, so that they are understood as well.

This isn’t often the same with people who went deaf late in life, but generally true of those who were deaf from birth, or who are trained in communicating with the deaf.


116 posted on 10/27/2023 7:51:14 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: skr

I know, right? She deserves an Oscar for her performance.


207 posted on 10/28/2023 3:22:21 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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