Duane Anderson Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 Hello! My apologies if I as a non deaf person am not supposed to post here. I’m making an original character for a story who was born deaf, and I want to represent deafness and the use of sign language accurately. Any input from the deaf community and people who use sign language would help a lot! I was wondering, what do people who were born completely deaf sound like when they talk? Are they able to develop accents? When using sign language, is it feasible for a person to use words that arent needed to make sense but which make a sentence more colorful? For example, someone calling people pet names in ASL on a regular basis due to having grown up around people who spoke similarly. Would that be considered excessive? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Anderson Posted September 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 Clarification: When I say “pet names” I mean terms such as “honey” or “sweetheart” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Anderson Posted September 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 After speaking with deaf ppl on Facebook, decided itd be a bad idea to have a deaf character without spending a lot of time talking to deaf ppl first. Idk how to delete threads, but yeah, ignore this! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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