• sappho [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    This is mine. I’d have all the kids learn both spoken toki pona and the corresponding sign language. It’d rapidly diverge from the canonical version in real world use, and it’s more entertaining than strictly practical, but I just think it’d be neat. And it really wouldn’t take much time investment to do.

    • ComradeEchidna [fae/faer]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      and the corresponding sign language

      Yes. In a similar thread a while back I said if I was in charge of a country, I’d make it mandatory for the country’s sign language to be taught alongside (and as part of) the official language. That way society is more inclusive. But also people can just silent sign like characters out of Dune at random moments. Still it would be practical very often. In a crowded place and can’t hear? Sign. See your friend across a room but don’t want to yell out? Sign. Stuff like that.