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Deaf Children Invent Language

Posted by michael on from the your-kid-wants-steak dept.

gmuslera writes "According to this story, Nicaraguan deaf kids, without knowing any existing sign language, invented their own language on their own, and it keeps evolving. Is this going in the same way as Varley's The Persistence of Vision?"

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  1. Yes! by Fjornir · · Score: 4, Funny

    I must go to Nicaragua and study this so I can become a neurolingquistic hacker and control all of you with just a few gestures... Muahahahah!

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    1. Re: Yes! by Black+Parrot · · Score: 3, Funny


      > I must go to Nicaragua and study this so I can become a neurolingquistic hacker and control all of you with just a few gestures... Muahahahah!

      I for one welcome our new Nicaragua-going language-studying neurolinguistic-hacking all-controlling few-gesturing Muahahahahing overlord!

      (What was that you did with your hand just before I said that?)

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    2. Re:Yes! by Fjornir · · Score: 4, Funny

      shabangslash yoo ess arslashbee aye enslashpee e ar rell cur pee arr aye en tee spay quo jay a pee atche whacken quo semee

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  2. Re:Why weren't the children taught sign language? by arose · · Score: 4, Funny
    You'll understand this better when you hit 40 or 50 and find yourself walking around muttering under your breath that you don't understand a damned thing kids say these days.
    That's why I communicate in ANSI
    Segmentation fault.
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  3. Arrr... by levell · · Score: 4, Funny

    But does this here new language have Pirate Slang? If not they'll never be good ship-mates. Arrr.

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