Hi everyone,
I came to this site because I wanted to see if there is anyone else besides me who thinks about some aspects of the show (or find them irritating as I do) :D
Please don't get me wrong, I really like the show.. but... I really hate all the lip-reading parts and maybe even more the constant signing and talking at the same time.
I have been learning Czech Sign Language for 4 years now (I am from the Czech Republic) and I don't understand it, but I want to..
Is it normal for some people who learn ASL to use it this way? I don't want to seem dumb or disrespectful, I just do not understand.
I think it is so disrespectful to communicate with a Deaf this way when I can sign even slightly and also to say that I use sign language when I use the spoken language and just put signs in... :/ I don't know how they can understand each other - I mean sometimes it is impossible since it is a different language and it is not possible to use collocations and expressions of the spoken language or the grammar - they use no space, it is English grammar...
I would understand it if there was a group of 3 people - 1 Deaf, 1 hearing using SL and 1 hearing who cannot sign. I would be okay with that. But when Bay and e.g. Toby talk with Emmett, or Bay with Daphne..
Or is it just for the viewers who do not sign and the authors are afraid they would stop watching the show if they had to read subtitles? Because I am hearing and I find it so annoying because as I said I find it disrespectful, and also the way how they speak while signing is unnatural, weird and annoying to listen to. I just had one lesson of ASL so far (so I don't understand ASL at all as some of the viewers), but I would enjoy the show a lot more if there were subtitles...
The episode in just ASL, oh that was beautiful, I would love more of those..
Once again, please do not think ill of me.. I am just curious and I needed to get it off my chest :))
