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Originally Posted by LoveBlue
Interrupters use ASL to bridge a language gap between two or more people. I doubt (Reba, correct me if I'm wrong) they use the language they interpret when they're not working unless they are with friends whom that language is their native language.
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Two or more people signing to each other in public for communication purposes is one thing. Signing by oneself or in a group for entertainment value is totally something else.
Sign and interpreting students can practice together without making a public scene about it.
I do practice frequently when not working but not in malls. Usually at home.
Otherwise, I use it naturally in conversation with Deaf friends.
Here's the big (bad) difference between serious practice and mockery (from OP's post):
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I know it's probably wrong, but I found it interesting to do. Sometimes when I go out to public places like restaurants or just out with my friends
I start using sign language to people I don't know just to see what happens. My friends go along with it
and pretend I'm deaf as well."