@suchalovelyred: I have an accent, you just have to know how to see it 😜 you know how you can hear someone talk and immediately think, “Oh, they’re from ___”? Deaf people can do that with signing, too. (Visual description: Rach is a white woman with red hair and freckles wearing a sleeveless olive green top, beaded bracelets, and dangly earrings. She is standing in front of a black wall and text appears as she signs.) Transcript: “I have an accent. But you can't hear it. You can see it. I sign in ASL, but the way I sign has been shaped by where I grew up, who taught me, where I went to school, the Deaf communities I've been part of, and the people I’ve spent my life signing with. And that can show up in my vocabulary, rhythm, movement, facial expressions, speed, sign locations. Even the way I make certain signs. Another Deaf person might watch me sign and think, “Oh. I know where she's from.” Just like you might hear someone speak and think, “Oh, they have an accent.” Except with sign language... you see the accent.”

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Thursday 27 August 2026 01:56:44 GMT