Do sign languages have accents?

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[@AliceP.]

I love that the video has no sound. I can hear but I was curious about sign language and watching it like that made me more attentive to the signs I believe. Sound is distracting.

[@brookemarquette432]

Hi Julie!! Great seeing you in this video... sharing it with my HS ASL students :) TY!

[@emsalsa9385]

I keep catching myslef trying to turn up the volume lol

[@Pixelon_]

Only found out that sign languages have accents from an episode of walking dead haha

[@benjaminmarks8765]

As a hearing person, the lack of sound is unusual

[@Weirdpoe]

Only goes to show that you're depending too much on sounds then.

[@pkcrume]

as a deaf person, the dependency on sound is unusual

[@patriciaohaver6520]

Love this video. Would love to share this with my director on her talk show.

[@oneyegod]

I tried to turn my volume up to try to hear you😭😭

[@No1PlutoSupporter]

I looked up asl accents bc I want to perform a song & I want it to be dancy. I’m already left handed and Ik that can sometimes throw ppl off/surprise them. This was more than what I was looking for but love it!

[@viniciusleonelPoliglota]

Great video! 🤟🏻

[@ajoajoajoaj]

Do Canadians have our own dialect of ASL? I just learned the Maritimes had their own separate language derived from British Sign Language but sadly, that is on the verge of dying out.

[@kathleenhall2455]

Check out www.uap.ualberta.ca/titles/8-9780888643001-canadian-dictionary-of-asl. But yes, there are differences even regionally within Canada, too!

[@laythkataw4771]

So if someone is missing an arm, can that be considered as an accent?

[@LaPingvino]

there are different reasons to sign with one hand, also when you don't miss an arm, and as some signs work with two hands, you have to adjust, so you definitely get a different accent. That can still cause different accents though, just missing an arm is not an accent on itself.

[@PockASqueeno]

That’s a good question, I never thought about that! Even if you have a broken arm or hand and can’t use it, how would you sign a word that requires two hands? 🤔

[@Malfaitivy]

this is fascinating!

[@ChrisPBacon1434]

So Daryl does sign in southern accent

[@mnoorsyarif4581]

You search for this didn't you?

[@EriniusT]

I got here from wikipedia

[@dayalasingh5853]

@@EriniusT I got here from readings in my linguistics course

[@AloisMahdal]

Wonderful! Suggestion for next video: "Can sign language speakers chat while driving?"

[@imwaitintostrike]

yes. they can. the coda brothers have a video on that

[@HotboxedCoffin]

I mean. You guys could’ve included sound.