Friday, February 08, 2008

A Question for My ASL-Speaking Friends

Is it considered bad manners to sign with your hands full?

4 comments:

  1. Ooh, that's a great question. Make sure you tell us if you get an answer.

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  2. Will do. Or, you know, you could subscribe to follow-up comments and hear for yourself.

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  3. We just talked about this in my sociolinguistics class. The answer, apparently, is "yes." It is not, however, bad manners to sign with you mouth full. Which makes sense. :-)

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  4. Well that makes perfect sense. Thank you, Schwa.

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