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re: Are the facial gestures necessary when doing sign language? Serious question

Posted on 4/8/20 at 4:04 pm to
Posted by High C
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Posted on 4/8/20 at 4:04 pm to
I notice the same thing when I see people playing guitar.
Posted by noonan
Nassau Bay, TX
Member since Aug 2005
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Posted on 4/8/20 at 4:08 pm to
It's like having a sarcasm font on here.

Or you know, changing your tone when speaking.
Posted by Korkstand
Member since Nov 2003
29134 posts
Posted on 4/8/20 at 4:20 pm to
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Are the facial gestures necessary when doing sign language?
Obviously not necessary, but it helps a lot to provide context. We make different expressions when speaking, and we add inflection and do other things to make speech more interesting and expressive.

It would be like Alexa reading you a story vs a person telling a story. The person will make it more interesting and engaging, and is able to help set the mood and communicate a lot more meaning than what the bare words themselves can.
Posted by flyingtexastiger
Southlake, TX
Member since Oct 2005
1790 posts
Posted on 4/8/20 at 4:22 pm to
My son who is taking ASL at UofA told me the same thing, facial expression is highly encouraged and the true professionals all do it.

I thought it was BS until everybody started wearing masks and I realized how hard it is to tell what the hell everyone is saying when I can't see their mouth!!
Posted by High C
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Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 4/8/20 at 4:29 pm to
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I realized how hard it is to tell what the hell everyone is saying when I can't see their mouth!!


Scruffy was right!
Posted by eatpie
Kentucky
Member since Aug 2018
1583 posts
Posted on 4/8/20 at 4:36 pm to
Brilliant. But not as beautiful as when the fake sign language guy at Mandela's funeral was "signing" gibberish for obama.
Posted by Cracker
in a box
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 4/8/20 at 5:14 pm to
Yes because asl is very generalized it’s not exact and signs have changed over the years
Posted by gthog61
Irving, TX
Member since Nov 2009
71001 posts
Posted on 4/8/20 at 5:18 pm to
Garrett Morris was very fluent in "hard of hearing" language the first couple of year of SNL, you know, when it was funny.
Garrett Morris communicating
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