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1、•••••AcknowledgmentsWe’dliketothankRyanBarrett(collaborativecontributor),AmyDignan,AngelaVillareal,CamilleMoreno,KelliWright,LynnJablonski,MalindaTran,MichelleAlbrecht,MichelleKartheiser,RubyDoerr,SeanNorman,SethFarlin,StephanieUhrenandmanymore...USINGTHISBOOKThisbookwaswrit
2、tenwiththeassumptionthatyoualreadyhaveagoodhandleonsignlanguage.Ifyoufailedtogetthegistfromthecover,thisisaslangbook,andthefollowingpageswon’tshowyouhowtoquicklysign“Whereisthetrainstation?”or“MynameisChad,what’syours?”Chancesare,you’velearnedquiteabitofsignlanguagebutnobody
3、’sbotheredtoteachyouhowtotellthedouchebagatthebarto“fuckoff,”orhowtoinformyourfriendthathisdickisabnormallysmall.Ifthat’sjustthebookyou’vebeenlookingfor,you’vefoundit!We’reabouttoschoolyouonthemostsomeusefulwords,phrasesandcursesthatThomasGallaudetonlywishedheknew.Youmightbe
4、wonderingifthisbookcoversallsignlanguagedialects.Whilewe’vetriedtogatherthemostcommonsignslangfromaroundthecountry,we’llbethefirsttoadmitthatthisguidehasdistinctlyChicagoaccenttoit.Why?BecauseChicagoisawesome—it’sahuge,internationalcitythatrevolutionizedpizzaandmobsterslikeNe
5、wYorknevercould—andpacksatrendy,diversecommunityofhard-of-hearingpeople.It’salsowherewelive.UnlikecommonforeignlanguageslikeSpanish,MandarinorLuxembourgish,there’sreallynouniversalformofsignlanguage.Thephrasesandsignsnotonlychangefromstatetostate,butcitytocity.Sodon’tbesurpr
6、isedifsomeofthetermsinthisbookgetyoualaugh,getyoulaidorgetyouapunchintheface,andothersjustgetyouablankstareanda“lostintranslation”shrug.Justkeepsigning.Afterall,whilethere’snobetterwaytolearnsignlanguagethantotalimmersioninadeafcommunity,isagreatplacetodeveloptheconfidencetot
7、ellyournewdeaffriendsthatthey“fuckingrock.”Sowhatareyouwaitingfor?Gogetyourdirtyon!•••••SimpletipsonsigningWannasignlikeapro?Herearesomebasictipstoholdtheattentionofthepeopleyou’resigningto.Maintaineyecontactsothatit’sapparentwhoyou’rechattingup;thisalsogivestherecipientacle
8、arerviewofyourlips(forlip-reading,ofcourse).Speakwhileyousign;manydeafpeopl
