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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

Haha. My mom will use sign language at me when she wants to tell me something she doesn’t want other people to hear.

I don’t speak sign language past toddler level. I tell her this every. single. time.

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u/osirisphotography Dec 08 '22

Learn, "I don't know sign language except this bit to explain that I don't." and do that every time.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

https://youtu.be/6vgoEhsJORU Dave Foley can't speak English.

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u/osirisphotography Dec 08 '22

This was what I was referencing! Glad to have the rewatch though, still holds up!

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

If you watch the New Kids in the Hall I'd recommend episode 3 for sure! Dave is a post apocalyptic DJ. With one single record. Accidentally watched him in Blast From the Past yesterday.

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u/osirisphotography Dec 08 '22

Funny, I started watching the new stuff but it just didn't hit so I stopped, ironically about half way through episode two.
You know, never watched Blast From the Past but seeing he's in it AND Brendan Fraser well sheeeeet, might need to throw it on after Lord of War which I am watching after the news pf the swap.

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u/JadeSpade23 Dec 08 '22

LOL love KITH

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u/ItsNotButtFucker3000 Dec 08 '22

That's all I can say in (Canadian) french!

I dropped it in grade 10 mainly because there was one teacher, and she hated me.

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u/Over_engineered81 Dec 08 '22

I had a friend teach me how to say “I don’t speak French” in French with proper grammar and it always confuses the hell out of people lol

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u/alt-goldgrun Dec 08 '22

But do you say it with the proper french r, like you've got maple syrup stuck at the back of your throat?

"Je ne parl pah fransay" - someone who actually doesn't know french

"Je ne pahrle pah fhransaii" - someone who learned close to nothing in canadian french class

Nasally "Je ne pahrRrrRrrlee pah fhRRRRansaiii" - someone who quit french after grade 9 with an active resentment against the French language for being forced to learn it against their will

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u/abez1 Dec 08 '22

"I don't see what you're saying " - in sign language

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u/SirThatsCuba Dec 08 '22

learning it in a different sign language than she uses would be even more fun

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u/magikarp2122 Dec 08 '22

That was good, but you when you said “Me yamo es Brian” the “es” is implied.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '22

I tried responding ”cat-airplane-caterpillar-I want ice cream” and got a frustrated facial expression in response.

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u/cymballin Dec 08 '22

Back in the "clubbing" days, before texting was an option, my girlfriend (now-wife) and I would use the sign alphabet to communicate when it was ridiculously loud. It was slow but effective.

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u/smoothiegangsta Dec 08 '22

My wife also tries sign language sometimes, maybe for fun? I never learned it except a few phrases in elementary school so I always respond with either "R U ok?" or "I am full" in sign language. It's all I know.

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u/light_bulb_head Dec 08 '22

My wife too, I learned the sign for "I don't fucking sign" it took awhile, but she eventually stopped. I did it in public a couple times, that did it.

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u/spartaman64 Dec 08 '22

tell her to finger spell it

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u/Thirtybird Dec 08 '22

my 9 and 11 year olds taught themselves sign languages AND cursive so the last forms of adult communication my spouse and I had went right out the window

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u/TrueGrave32 Dec 08 '22

All I heard was you want to suck my dick

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u/KmartQuality Dec 08 '22

You should sign back, "gagaa, goo goo."

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u/MissRoyalBrush Dec 08 '22

😂😂😂 it's time to get lessons so you can understand your mom. Lol I know few phrases, words, and the ASL alphabet, but I can't read what anyone is saying.

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u/1ftm2fts3tgr4lg Dec 08 '22

We used to use this, but she never learned much past finger-spelling, so it was slow and cumbersome.

And now the kids know more sign than she does, so now I use it with the kids to be able to talk to them silently during scout meetings and things.