Do deaf people watch most of their tv shows at night?

not by choice.i think they are only shown at that time as if its shown in daylight hearing people might not watch it due to a chap standing there doing sign language.(its very distracting)

Pighead was watching one of the music channels last week and couldn't help but giggle as they had a 50 something women doing sign language for all these sleazy r&b tunes whilst dancing in quite an inappropriate manner.

Think Drunken Uncle at wedding. Surely they have sexy young things who are able to so sign language?

Then there are subtitles, which actually don't always correspond to what people are actually saying.

Pighead wrote:

Pighead was watching one of the music channels last week and couldn't help but giggle as they had a 50 something women doing sign language for all these sleazy r&b tunes whilst dancing in quite an inappropriate manner.

Think Drunken Uncle at wedding. Surely they have sexy young things who are able to so sign language?

referring to yourself in the third person is a sign of being crazy

I work with a deaf guy and he's able to tell us what's sort of dirt is being dished during Big Brother when they mute it. Whether you care about which housemate slept with who in the past or not is of course a different matter, but his lipreading comes in handy then.

Going off the point a bit, do the RTE Six One News still have news for the deaf after the main news? And remember in between stories they used to have a line of asterisks?

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Well did anyone elses TV go all fuzzy and make a really irritating noise when those asterisks scrolled up the screen, because I think mine used to.

Flukey wrote:

I've been at a few functions involving deaf people and they are good fun.

OH MY GOD!!!! They are deaf people, not fuucking aliens!!!!

jinxycat wrote:

i don't know about learning it online, but there is places around where you can learn it. i've been learning in on and off in the local vec. maybe try the national deaf association, they might be able to tell you where you can learn it locally to yourself.

http://www.handspeak.com/ ?

Now as you all well know I did not mean anything negative by what I said.

There is what is known amongst themselves as "deaf culture." The functions I was at are different. Their social occasions are different. The way they interact socially, going well beyond the sign language, is different too. You have different levels of deafness from people with slight hearing impairments, who can communicate with anyone easily enough, through to people who are completely deaf. It is hard to explain "deaf culture" without appearing to be negative. You have to spend time with deaf people to understand what I mean.

What is the point of sign language on the TV anyway?

It is their primary and preferred way of communicating so for deaf people it is better than subtitles. Lip reading also ranks above subtitles. In the same way it is easier for hearing people to listen to what is being said rather than reading the subtitles. There is a lot more to sign language than just the signs themselves. There are facial expressions and a lot of other subtle movements and gestures. If you ever see deaf people using sign language you will clearly see that. So it conveys far more than pure text does. It is like the way different tones of voice or speed or the way of saying things can completely change the meaning of what is being said for hearing people. That cannot be put across with pure text. If you are reading a book and dialogue is being described, it is often done by saying something extra like "she said sarcastically" or "he gasped" or "they said in shock" etc.

Can deaf people speak id imagine it would be hard for them if they were born deaf

Isnt there subtitles on 777?? or 888?? so not much of a need for it