@suchalovelyred: what is he saying in your region? 😅 Transcript: “I know there aren’t captions, but watch this. I don’t get any of it. I was scrolling TikTok and saw this video. It looked cool and even though it was not captioned it looked like they were signing so I watched… and I didn’t understand any of it. I went to the comments and saw deaf people in the comments explaining how this isn’t ASL and jus clarifying what made it not ASL. Valid, because we all know how ASL trends on TikTok end up with the ASL being butchered when it’s viral. Anyway, what I read next, I see more often now… If a Deaf person says this isn’t ASL, often a hearing person will comment and say: Actually, there are regional signs and the way someone signs in Texas isn’t the same as someone signing in Colorado… We know regional sign. And we also know when it is NOT it. Regional sign doesn’t mean that someone in Texas will not be understood at all by someone from Colorado. It’s the same ASL for us, it’s just that you have some flavor to your signing, your sprinkles, your different seasoning from that region. It does not mean we sign completely different. Please, trust the deaf person.” Comment screenshot: “Yall commenting saying this isn't sign language do realize that sign language is regional right? Like slang and accents, there is more than one way to sign things. The way we learned sign in Texas is not how people in Colorado sign and so forth.”

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mar.velouspages
Mar 🧚🏻‍♀️ :
I’m hearing (also fluent and an ASL terp) and the fact that some hearing people have the audacity to act like they know better than native Deaf signers bothers me to no end 😂 it also bothers me that other hearing people who know nothing about sign language take this kinda crap as fact just because it “looks cool.” Like what. Most of the time it’s gibberish 😩
2026-09-11 06:27:51
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funnyandcleverusername
Miah🥑 :
Someone in the comments said “ and in none of those regions is this right”
2026-09-11 22:05:39
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_materobscura
🐦‍⬛ Tribalmoon_ ✊🏽👐🏽🤟🏽 :
I hate this so much. I hate that they get away with it. I hate that they make money from it.
2026-09-11 06:34:40
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cha.y.se
chayse ☆ • |-/ :
i know this is kind of an irrelevant question to the video, but i noticed it heavily in this one and wanted to point it out—do you sign certain things with both hands that wouldn’t necessarily require it to make an emphasis? for example: “not it.” i’ve only ever learned those one-handed and don’t want to assume anything!
2026-09-12 01:59:41
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brandybc5
Brandy Calvert506 :
😂 Yes, the excuse is “regional sign,” and yet how these folks think Deaf ASL users wouldn’t recognize regional signs like hearing folks do a Southern accent surprises me.
2026-09-11 03:36:58
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_williamjohn
Will :
Idk how some people think regional signs is somehow a fully different language 😂 like girl 😂😂
2026-09-12 05:04:28
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user4789411350258
user4789411350258 :
Exactly, people have accents when they speak. Texas is different than Colorado. But generally it’s all English so we know what each other is saying. We need to be validating what deaf people are telling us about their experiences. Thanks for sharing and bringing awareness. ❤️
2026-09-11 02:47:50
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kiernansbookworld
kiernansbookworld :
Everyone uses that as an excuse to sign badly on social media and it’s so frustrating. In Arizona we sign Chicken as a claw:3 by the mouth. We also have a sign for Javelina and saguaro that other people may not know because it’s regional wildlife. That’s a regional sign. It’s not some new language in each state lol. It’s also wild to me that people often say “it still looks cool” not to anyone who knows the language, it looks goofy and disrespectful… and is similar to someone mocking how people speak a language.
2026-09-11 18:44:56
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wunderthreads
wunderthreads :
Ugh. Trying to blame regional signs or accents is so condescending. Sure my Ozarks accents and phrases are different from the accent and phrases from Boston but we can still understand each other. Do those people think regional signs mean a completely different language??
2026-09-11 02:54:29
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0whoareyoupeople0
「 ✦ Dark Kayla ✦ 」 :
I went to their page and it seems that they took down the video.
2026-09-11 21:15:39
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omabethany24
🤟 Deaf Voice 🤟 :
right on sis
2026-09-12 23:25:48
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gabbi.elyse
Gabbi :
The fact that they haven’t seen the comments on how wrong they are, felt embarrassed and taken down the video is wild
2026-09-11 10:43:49
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slaccess
Shaara :
This is such a relief to me because I always assume the signing is not clear to me because of a lack of skill. And I despair.
2026-09-12 03:17:57
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___foreverchaotic
☽𝑳𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏☾ :
sign it LOUDERRR (Ive dealt with responses like that)
2026-09-11 20:12:11
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bodrazen
Bo Kaplan :
Genuinely could not understand a thing. It’s so frustrating when there are hearing people trying to correct us, the Deaf community when we speak out…
2026-09-11 21:20:16
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thatswhatjennsaid
Jenn :
I’ve had quite a few people tell me that “they sign differently on this side of America than they do on your side“ I was absolutely shocked. Yes they are regional signs, but they don’t sign differently on one side of America than they do the other. 🤦🏼‍♀️
2026-09-12 01:21:43
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jessijayoriginal
Jessi Melton :
I HATE THIS!! A woman did the same thing to me when I said she signed bully wrong then she BLOCKED ME 😤🤬
2026-09-11 23:35:31
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sofefifofumm
sofefifofumm :
literally just scolled from a video praising some girl for signing total gibberish and the whole comments section is full of people acting like they know everything about ASL/SEE/etc and, in doing so, making it clear that they know nothing. and then there are always a few Deaf people that no one believes and a few hearing interpreters (including myself) that people actually listen to. it is FULLY cultural appropriation at this point. it feels like they’re trying to remove Deaf people from sign language.
2026-09-13 16:42:02
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ninamay71
Ninamay71 :
I saw it and had very mixed feelings. I’m not fluent or even close but it didn’t seem right. I always wait until I hear from the Deaf creators who do know. Thanks.
2026-09-13 22:04:17
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meandmyelectricsoul
electricsoul :
Yeah...most of the signs were pretty incomprehensible.
2026-09-11 20:58:42
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thetheatrestudent
Elizabeth :
I am not Deaf but I am conversational in ASL and am still learning. However, none of those signs make sense and if Deaf people in the comments are affirming that…y’all need to listen.
2026-09-11 05:49:08
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shirtsandgiggle
Worms :
In my (hearing) experience of meeting deaf people around the world, I have noticed sign languages all have a foundation to them that is easy to notice. Sign languages vs Whatever this Guy is Doing is like the difference between Music and Random Noises that are definitely not Music.
2026-09-11 05:01:18
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incognina
incognina :
I only listen to deaf people when it comes to ASL.
2026-09-11 17:08:27
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literallyabat
isithalloweenyet :
the actual mascot in the video was the only one that signed clearly or seemed to know what he was saying. the rest were unintelligible in every region 😂
2026-09-12 02:02:59
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trubizwacko
Wacko, Trubiz Deaf 🧏🏻‍♂️🫶🏻 :
This is why I cannot trust hearing people!
2026-09-13 11:03:08
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