Pankkake@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agoDo rhymes make sense to deaf people?message-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareDo rhymes make sense to deaf people?Pankkake@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoI seem to recall that there are rhymes in ASL, where signs for two things have similar motions/shapes/speeds.
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoIt’s true. My sign name is the letter J, for my first name, but one moves the little finger in a circle up by the side of the head, like “Crazy J.” That stuff gets used all the time, but is not always as obvious to non-signing people.
I seem to recall that there are rhymes in ASL, where signs for two things have similar motions/shapes/speeds.
It’s true. My sign name is the letter J, for my first name, but one moves the little finger in a circle up by the side of the head, like “Crazy J.” That stuff gets used all the time, but is not always as obvious to non-signing people.