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Edith van der Have
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A few words Jun 2, 2025

I learnt a few words of Dutch Sign Language, which I used with my baby (because they can sign at an earlier age than speak), such as drink, eat, ball and sleep. And everyone in the Netherlands still recalls the Covid press conferences, when people were hoarding up toilet paper, etc. The sign word for "hoarding" went viral! https://tenor.com/view/kaag-irma-gif-22168314



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I learnt a few words of Dutch Sign Language, which I used with my baby (because they can sign at an earlier age than speak), such as drink, eat, ball and sleep. And everyone in the Netherlands still recalls the Covid press conferences, when people were hoarding up toilet paper, etc. The sign word for "hoarding" went viral! https://tenor.com/view/kaag-irma-gif-22168314



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Lingua 5B
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300 topics Jun 2, 2025

Why an incredibly large number of sign language polls? And they are all the same.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
Thayenga
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Just a few words Jun 2, 2025

Those I've picked up when openly (ensuring they knew I was) watching deaf people speaking on trains or anywhere else. That is aside from those I had learned from the Native Americans.
 
Baran Keki
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bog rolls Jun 2, 2025

Edith van der Have wrote:
when people were hoarding up toilet paper, etc.

I never understood why people went out of their way to stock up on toilet rolls during covid.

Alex Lichanow
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
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Probably... Jun 2, 2025

Lingua 5B wrote:

Why an incredibly large number of sign language polls? And they are all the same.


to keep company to all the AI polls...

writeaway
 
Carla Selyer
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Used it a bit in Sunday School Jun 2, 2025

Sign language is great to teach little ones songs with actions, and we often used them when teaching Sunday School. We also taught them signs such as for 'love', 'thank you', 'God', 'Jesus', and I still know these!
 


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