I don’t get the 258 and 84 one, also deaf.
Comment on xkcd #3184: Funny Numbers
Lightsong@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Deaf people - 258 (very interesting) and 84 (there’s no good direct translation for this)
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Lightsong@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
258 = very interesting. 2 being v, you sign “very”, and then using 5 into 8 from ahead of your face/nose area for “interest” sign.
And for 84, try and sign it kinda side way. Kinda like “terrible” sign, but you would say it after crazy or whatever happened.
Like “oh really? 84!”
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Ah then it’s prbably one of the sign languages, mine does not do it like that.
Lightsong@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I was referring to ASL, what’s your sign language?
BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
Huh, I had never considered deaf slang before. Is there somewhere to read up on this?
Lightsong@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Hmm, it’s hard to think of good resources for this. It’s just kinda part of community. You could google asl slang and look around in YouTube or something. Or learn asl (or your country’s sign language) and join the community.