Have you learnt sign language?
I have been thinking about learning sign language and was interested to know how others approached it and if they found it difficult?
46-50, M
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AntisocialTroll · 56-60, F
Years ago I learnt a form called makaton and really struggled with it unless the origin of the sign was explained to me, somehow that helped me to remember the signs so much more easily than just the sign itself.
Laughman · 46-50, M
@AntisocialTroll are you still using it today?
AntisocialTroll · 56-60, F
@Laughman No, I never actually got to use it as although it was part of my college course I never needed it for work and had no other opportunity to use it, I do still remember a few of the signs despite it being over 30 years ago, so if I remember rightly the sign for biscuit was a tapping of the arm near to your elbow as apparently that's what sailors did to tap out any bugs that may have got into the biscuits, no idea if it's true but it's why I remember that sign.
