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I would imagine that ASL speakers have usage patterns that they would like to express via text messaging without simply “translating” them into formal written E

by baddox 8y ago

I would imagine that ASL speakers have usage patterns that they would like to express via text messaging without simply “translating” them into formal written English. That’s no different than why English speakers use emoji (“” instead of “I am happy”) or informal onomatopoeia (“uggh” instead of “I am annoyed”).

Cthulhu_ 8y ago
I love (sarcastically) how Hacker News has no support for emoji. What year is it?
- deleted 8y ago
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- detaro 8y ago
  It actually has code to handle emoji: by deleting them. You can find older posts that do contain emoji, from before they were blocked.
- baddox 8y ago
  Yeah, I noticed that after submitting my comment, but I figured I’d leave it there for the irony.