[02:32:02] <Kyad> so... is sign language different for each language (english vs, say, french) due to the structure of the sentance being different?
[02:32:02] <achtung> Facial expressions are inflection.
[02:32:09] <achtung> Yes.
[02:32:16] <achtung> ASL is what she was learning.
[02:32:19] <achtung> There are others.
[02:32:21] <Kyad> if not, then yes, we should all learn it
[02:32:26] <Kyad> it'll be the new latin
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[02:32:34] <achtung> They're not different for each language, but there are different languages.
[02:32:38] <achtung> different conventions for signing
[02:32:53] <achtung> ASL being the most common.
[02:33:01] <achtung> In the western world at least.
[02:33:03] <Kyad> need a signifier at the begining of a conversation then, like a networking protocal tag
[02:33:09] <z64555> I think the signs for most objects and ideas are pretty much the same
[02:33:09] <z64555> *I would think
[02:33:20] <z64555> um
[02:33:22] <z64555> you mean a
[02:33:25] <z64555> *shades*
[02:33:28] <z64555> handshake?