Sign Language For Deaf And Dumb Viewers

[grumpy01]

Sign Language for Deaf and Dumb viewers.Could someone explain to me why the people who do this always resemble a bulldog chewing a wasp?

[sunny-dave]

You do hope that at least most of them are getting it right ...

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=fw3eky&;s=5#.Us5h1fvHl6Q

[gness]

My husband could never understand why I used exaggerated facial expressions when signing.....though he would have had a slap if he told me I resembled a bulldog chewing a wasp.

If you think about it....a deaf person relies entirely upon vision to follow a conversation. Signing is very fast and so we use our faces to add to the context of what we are signing.

A signer with no facial expressions...or even very limited ones would be like you hearing a conversation under water.

[Jomlett]

GPWM

[Tilly2]

Is your next 'funny' question going to be 'Why do blind people read books with strange bumpy letters?'

[gingejbee]

...actually sign language is for the benefit of deaf viewers....

[grumpy01]

Thanks for explanation gness.

[gness]

I'd sign thank you, grumpy but it'd be useless...so thank you...x

[pixie373]

Because lip-reading can be a big part of sign language, so they are emphasising the words.

[gness]

Hi, Pixie...we didn't rely a great deal on lip reading....it was as much the expression.

e.g If I was signing to you.....I went to London for the day.....the expression on my face would tell you whether I had had a wonderful day or a really tiring and miserable day......xx

[pixie373]

Hi gness, thank you xx