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@rdaily Looks comfy!

@peterdrake Nice!

@szescstopni No more snow?

@mur2501 Depends on how much you immerse in it, the lessons you get, etc. Just like any other language, really. Though some have difficulty with spatial languages (3D thinking) so I guess... it depends?

@Severine ik vind een uur langer licht in de avond anders wel handig.

@hvangalen Neat. Hoe groot kunnen je prints maximaal zijn?

@lydiaconwell in Gmail it is English (UK). My chosen option as well because the dates make more sense.

@lydiaconwell British English.

@PapaBear Yeah, I think so too. Same root family, so a fair overlap.

@PapaBear
Hehe, I've tried watching some BSL programmes on the BBC a few decades ago (don't seem to see them much anymore? Granted, I don't watch that much TV anymore either), and I just couldn't understand all the two-handed fingerspellings. 😅

Seems to me their influence is limited to the Commonwealth. Not all of them though, I know Canada uses an ASL-derivation (if not ASL itself).

@knuppelbeer Van de achtertuin naar de voortuin verplaatsen?

@PapaBear I'm kinda inclined to go with the latter story, as I've never heard of LSF learning from ISL before. 😅
And then taking it to the US later seems kinda overboard to me as I've been taught it was Clerc who went to USA with Gallaudet to help develop ASL.

Might be a case of Irish pride there? 😅

Though we have our Dutch pride too! We have a deaf school BEFORE the Americans got theirs. ;)

@qurlyjoe
Yeah, I can see it not working very well with adults if they still have to learn it _and_ they have cognitive/emotional deficits. 😬

I mean, try teaching them French (if you're not in a French speaking country, otherwise try something else, like German)... won't go as easily either!

Otoh, if the whole staff isn't into it, it isn't really helping matters much either. 👀

@PapaBear Irish sign language? I'm actually surprised to see your fingerspelling having a fair overlap with the sign language family of LSF. I'd have expected you to use those crazy BSL fingerspellings considering they're close neighbours. 😃

(P.s. your alt text claims you're spelling A-M, which is obviously not the case here. 😅 )

@msquebanh Neat, there are a few communities like that throughout the world and history. Martha's Vineyard might be one of the most well known examples here. Glad to see there are still some communities like that.

@josemanuel Probably timing. I watched it like 15+ years ago and then it was 'woah.. that is.. uuuh.. intense!'. Nowadays we wouldn't really bat an eye on it anymore.

@BioFris@mastodon.nl
11 uur. 😋

@engelbart
Did you happen to hear a

> Hup two three four
> Keep it up, two three four

during that parade? 😋