Sigh language

[volleyballgirl35714]

I am so happy I get to advance my knowledge of sign language tomorrow. And the today before volleyball I got hurt and my moms friend saw and she's a massage therapist and it was so awesome having her help me I felt so loved.

[Snow White.]

I like sign language :)
It sounds like you're feeling better today! I'm glad to hear you're feeling loved.

[volleyballgirl35714]

Yah it was a nice change of things, but I got in trouble with her today

[nowhereman]

I had to learn sign language in drama college (still don't know why) but I was pretty hopeless at it. Hope you get on better with it.

[Buttons.]

^ Perhaps to help you enhance and notice your none verbal communication skills as well as verbal.

I love sign language and am seeking to gain the official qualifications for the signs I already know due to having a good friend who is deaf. And it comes in handy far more often than one might imagine.

[Rayne136]

I can sign on going to school to be an interpreter it's

[nowhereman]

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Originally Posted by Buttons.

^ Perhaps to help you enhance and notice your none verbal communication skills as well as verbal.

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Good point! Like I said I wasn't much good but we used to do charades in sign which was kind of fun. To help us learn to read it as well as sign it.

[The Stolen One]

I love sign language <3
I did my degree in deaf studies becuase of this so now I'm quite a high level and training to become a communication support worker - working with signing students in mainstream education :)
Probably do a masters in intepreting at some point.

[Isoverity]

Signing is curious to me. I must know 100 people who can sign - but I don't know or see any deaf people signing. I see people signing all over TV when politicians speak - despite transcripted captions of whats being said at the bottom of the screen.

[Rodolphus]

^ written words (captions) are less expressive, sign language is a very visual and less constricted form of communication where emotions and such can be shown through the interpreters facial expressions which would be very useful where sarcasm/metaphor/non-literal meanings are involved.

[The Stolen One]

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Originally Posted by Rodolphus

^ written words (captions) are less expressive, sign language is a very visual and less constricted form of communication where emotions and such can be shown through the interpreters facial expressions which would be very useful where sarcasm/metaphor/non-literal meanings are involved.

This, but also a lot of deaf people find reading and writing English difficult due to poor education. A lot of deaf people may as well have had barely any with the amount they're able to understand.
So subtitles aren't a solution. They can be excessively hard work as well as everything Marie said

[Buttons.]

What Caz and Auror. said. and Jack I find that surprising, most people I know who are deaf sign, although a lot also speak (albeit sometimes unclearly) and lip read. I've also seen a fair few strangers out about signing.

[wishforhappiness]

At first, I thought you were going to talk about the language of different sighs (as that is in the title). Like the frustrated sighs, the tired sighs, the indecisive sighs... Silly me. Sign language is fascinating. It's great that you are passionate about it!!