r/MadeMeSmile • • 7d ago

Good Vibes When Margot Robbie noticed a fan was hearing impaired, she switched to sign language to chat with him

83.6k Upvotes

687 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

103

u/kots144 7d ago

Not only that, but ASL is just American Sign Language. Every country has their own. Margo is using Australian sign language here. Australian sign language is pretty different because it uses both hands for the alphabet while all the letters in asl can be done with one hand.

25

u/tu-BROOKE-ulosis 7d ago

Thank you for answering the question I came to the comments for. I couldn’t figure out if she was either a) doing a different sign language like Australian, or b) was just making shit up to what she thought looked like sign language. Because all I knew was that it wasn’t ASL.

23

u/Loraelm 7d ago

Fun fact: American sign language is closer to French sign language than the British one because the UK refused to send a BSL teacher to America but France sent one of their LSF teacher

2

u/Zebidee 7d ago

This is filmed in the UK, and Auslan and British sign language are related.

If this was in the US, it'd be like her speaking Swahili.

1

u/Frolicking-Fox 11h ago

If you haven't read the book before, I highly recommend Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind by Margalit Fox.

It is an incredibly interesting book about a Bedouin society that are most deaf from genetics. Really insightful book.

3

u/Frolicking-Fox 11h ago

If you haven't read the book before, I highly recommend Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind by Margalit Fox.

It is an incredibly interesting book about a Bedouin society that are most deaf from genetics. Really insightful book.