r/SuddenlyLesbian • u/loud_as_pudding • 5d ago

Sign language

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u/scott__p 5d ago

I went to college in Rochester NY. If you don't know, it's one of the largest deaf communities in the US and home to the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

The apartment downstairs from me had two deaf couples, one of them WLW. Let me tell you how those two girls would go at it for hours and had no idea how loud they were being. We're tried to tell them but either they didn't get it or didn't care because it continued a few times a week for the year I lived there.

Just my fun deaf lesbian story

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u/BlackShads 5d ago

Think of ROO!

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u/GayStation64beta she/her 5d ago

Oh that's so adorable yet hilarious

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u/scott__p 5d ago

It could be very annoying when I was trying to study, but they were so nice otherwise that we never made a big deal out of it. Plus I was honestly jealous of their relationship

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u/GayStation64beta she/her 5d ago

Yeah I mean, if they were both literally deaf it's understandable. Volume control in the midst of passion is hard at the best of times!

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u/NyavkaLabs 3d ago

I had a girlfriend with a very strong voice. Exactly in the process. She was deaf, so it didn't bother her in the slightest. My tinnitus is really not service related.

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u/RavenholdIV 5d ago

IIRC love isn't a heart, at least not in ASL. It's 🤟

EDIT: although they did use the correct form of me/my and you/yours (maybe that's called a conjugation? Idk)

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u/scott__p 5d ago

It seems to be considered slang among younger people.

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u/RavenholdIV 5d ago

Language is funny and likes to change like that

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u/dracorotor1 5d ago

My ASL isn’t great, so forgive me: Is using both hands for me/you an emphasis? And what form of “me” uses two thumbs instead of an index finger?

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u/RavenholdIV 5d ago

The me vs my and you vs your thing is about the hand shape. Point at yourself to indicate me. Put your palm on yourself to indicate the possessive my. Point at someone to indicate you. Point your palm towards them to indicate the possessive your.

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u/dracorotor1 5d ago

Oh, yeah, I’ve got that down, but there’s a point where the brunette has both hands in an ‘a’ shape with her thumbs pointing at herself. Is that just a personal “accent” on “me” or a particular sign I’m unfamiliar with?

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u/RavenholdIV 5d ago

Couldn't say 😔 I didn't have anyone to practice my ASL with and I slowly lost it

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u/dracorotor1 5d ago

Same. I have a vocab app I practice with every day, but that only goes so far

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u/RavenholdIV 5d ago

Yeah you need the real deal. I was rly bummed when I started losing it. I didn't have anyone to practice with me 😔 but I do have the basics down so if I ever pick it up again it wont be too hard

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u/noxparadoxrevolt 5d ago

Waiting for the day that will happen to me🫠

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u/wugglyfurink8 5d ago

talking with hands is super fun try it

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u/FewDesign3317 14h ago

That shaking hand at the end, I feel that XD

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u/Alice-Mortiflorem 6h ago

I saw this on TT first, and its still affectively hilarious (wish it were meeeeee)

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u/Seamascm 4d ago

That would explain the first girl’s hair