[Sca-cooks] Russian (was Re: Accidental french) - OT

[Gorgeous Muiredach]

> > ASL, or American Sign Language. <SNIP>Some hard core Deafies will write
> in ASL, using a very
> > ASL syntax, which looks funny to someone who doesn't read it.
>
>Concurred.

Why, thank you :-)

>  Back in my temp office work days, I ran across a "new" script,
>"Children of a Lesser God."

You know, you're dating yourself ;-)  <ducking>

>Apparently,
>in those days they used very noisy printing machinery and turned a
>disadvantage around by hiring deaf workers to print the paper.

Cool.

ASL is also advantageous for those of us who scuba dive :-)


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