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Originally Posted by Buffalo
Aren't you surprise that we do have regional signs just like the hearing people do have regional accents? I can count about 5 different signs for 'early'.
I remember a lady who visited my school and ask the students what we prefer to see on the tv 1) captions or 2) interpreter that is in the inset of the tv screen. We all voted for captions because of that regional signs (and we need to improve our English).
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A regional sign (word) is not the same as a regional accent. They are two different things. A word (sign or not) is not equal to an accent (a sound).
Five different signs for
early...that's crazy.
Maybe
Costello should produce separate dictionaries: one per region. Or at least have websites (like
ASLPro or
ASL Browser) that do the same thing. And if I may be blunt, having different signs per region is not logical because it only brings confusion to the singer(s). What if an Interpreter had to do his/her duty with two folks from different regions. He/she would have to adjust to cater to each person's known signs. That's nuts.
