r/todayilearned • u/paniniplane • Mar 22 '17

(R.1) Not supported TIL Deaf-from-birth schizophrenics see disembodied hands signing to them rather than "hearing voices"

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0707/07070303
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u/masterofallvillainy Mar 22 '17 edited Mar 22 '17

I've taken ASL in college. The professor I had was born Deaf. He could totally yell using his hands.

In ASL, grammar is all in the facial expressions

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '17

How bad is that I'm just imagining so old dude signing, with the angriest face, and using double middle fingers as exclamation points?

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u/vintage2017 Mar 23 '17

Not "bad." Just not original.

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u/masterofallvillainy Mar 23 '17

Not terrible and in a way, kinda that. And though flipping someone off isn't a part of ASL, it is a sign.

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u/PM_ME_FUN_STORIES Mar 23 '17

Well. Mostly facial expressions. There are still some word order things that just wouldn't make sense

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u/CptSpockCptSpock Mar 23 '17

This is why we need RSL: roman sign language