Pat McCrory's sign language interpreter

ManglerYJ

ManglerYJ

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Did anyone else happen to watch Pat McCrory's State Of Emergency Address yesterday? The sign language interpreter is hysterical to watch. Her facial expressions are almost clown-like. I was watching it yesterday at a restaurant with no sound on and couldn't stop laughing at her facial expressions.

Here it is (lousy video quality, but it's all I could find)




I'm sure she's doing a fine job, but her exaggerated facial expressions would have made it hard for me to focus on her hands if I was deaf....
 
Ha! That gets better as it goes, lol. I have a good friend and whose stepmother is EXTREMELY proud of her ability to sign and is very animated like the woman above. He told me a hysterical story once of her translating at the funeral of his grandfather. The sermon, singing and all. No one at the funeral was deaf. It had the whole place tore up as to who was. I would pay him to tell that story again to the rest of our friends in person!
 
GONOVRIT said:
Ha! That gets better as it goes, lol. I have a good friend and whose stepmother is EXTREMELY proud of her ability to sign and is very animated like the woman above. He told me a hysterical story once of her translating at the funeral of his grandfather. The sermon, singing and all. No one at the funeral was deaf. It had the whole place tore up as to who was. I would pay him to tell that story again to the rest of our friends in person!
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During a church sermon is one thing but it's terrible to say that the least resistance to laughter is definitely at a funeral. And once you get started it don't quit. Especially if more than one is in on it. Been there. Even had to get up and leave.
 
No sound....but from what little I know about ASL, I got the following:

"I pooped." :43
something about playing the piano
"Bartender, I'll have one more round."
 
My SIL graduated from CC back in May. Some former Cabinet member under Ford was there to give the commencement speech. There were 2 signers who swapped out as their hands got tired.
One was stoic and professional the other VERY animated....I pointed it out to my 14 yo son who added commentary. "The bird, it flew, over there, into the hole, it stirred the soup, then shit on my hand"...half way through a 65 year old couple in front of us caught on and wwere cracking up. They actually asked him to carry on when he quit
 
after watching that all the guys in the shop singing about dicks like Jesus now................................
 
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