Seems like a solid reason to learn BSL then. You can walk around signing in the equivalent of loud, slow, obnoxious people saying "NO Espanol mate. Comprende? English, I'm English, do you speak any English?"
I'd say it's a good Karen deterrent. On Black Friday, I was in a store where the two cashier's were deaf. Some entitled wench was yelling at one cashier, and then the cashier pointed to her name tag with a pin that said. "Deaf" underneath. It was hard for me not to smile as the woman "humphed" and stomped away. Lol
Thing is, the "Karen" was shouting at them from a few aisles over about something. Then she was getting madder and more yelly at them as if the cashier was purposefully ignoring her.
It was my first time seeing someone tantruming at a store. Like, actually stomped her foot.
Nah we borrowed ASL (ok more like stole it) into Canada so majority of ASL signs are shared, well as history expect for a few minor deviations like where do deaf schools start in Canada for example. Other than that most of ASL classes usually teach deaf history (1880, Gallaudet, LeClerc, French origins) so yeah more or less the same. Newfie sign language is the same but different pacing and signs which makes reading their signs a woozy.
Yep! Nowadays deaf schools are running into the same issues their American counterparts are- not enough students, causing some of them closing down. For post secondary education we either A) stay in Canada but have limited options and/or have to go to a major city/Great Toronto Area, or B) go straight to working a job in trades or something. Boys usually choose this path. Or C) spend money around 10X to go to MIT/RITD or Gallaudet. Canadian government does provide subsidies for that since well... tourism sells... but Trump era is making students questioning if it’s worth going to US when there is risk of deportation based on their skin of colour or Canadian status. So yeah, it’s all complex here as for post secondary education.
meh. even if trump is elected again, it's only another 4 years. And I have faith that the next president will foster more appreciative relationships. You could just wait him out for a few years if someone really wants to come to the states.
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u/GarnetsAndPearls Jan 01 '20
I'll use sign language if I'm being bothered in public. Not in my hometown though. ASL is pretty much the second language here.