Date of this Version
3-8-2016
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Philadelphia Signs Project video with participant discussing how diverse signing was when she was young.
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Philadelphia Signs Project, sociolinguistics, deaf, sign language, American Sign Language, ASL, regional variation
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"Yes, it was different. I would look up at them and…[she names a Philadelphia acquaintance's husband], he was from Gallaudet. He would come back for football games from Gallaudet [imitates his air of superiority] and he would fingerspell everything as if he was so advanced. I couldn’t read the signs. Some of the communication I couldn’t catch because I was little and couldn’t read the signs. Now, now that we are adults, we all sign the same."