So I go to a breakfast spot lately to work on the net. The owner is hearing impaired. Yesterday and today we spoke in sign language. It's such a cool thing. To communicate without speaking.
And it's interesting trying to butt into a conversation among hearing impaired people. You can't exactly make the off-hand comment and leave it at that. You can't just say, "Um, excuse me." You first have to catch someone's eye, then keep it, then remember what you're going to say, then say it. May sound like to many steps to take, and I'll admit I sure stumble, but as with any language, it seems like we'd all prefer to communicate rather than not. Sometimes unspoken but heard.
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