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Do deaf people know they have a deaf accent when speaking?

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨robocall@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • Corelli_III@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    deaf people aren’t a monolith

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Uh, it’s spelled “monorail”, and of coarse not! They aren’t transformers!

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      • Aeao@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        That would be ridiculous… They probably meant to type “mammoth” which is like a large furry elephant that use to be hunted by primitive man.

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    • robocall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Image

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      • MeatPilot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I can hear this image

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      • Corelli_III@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        wow there really are some fucking stupid questions huh

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      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Where’d you get that picture of me

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    • Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Not with that attitude.

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    • Lightor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      But if they all grouped up and stood on each other’s shoulders, they have a chance.

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  • missingno@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    They may not know how their own voice sounds, but they are definitely aware that Deaf people are often perceived as sounding odd. Some Deaf people put a lot of practice into learning how to speak, sometimes even with the help of a vocal coach. Others may choose not to even try because of it.

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  • yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I was wondering if deaf people had accents. Last time I asked on reddit and was called an idiot because British sign language and American sign language is different.

    Like, not really what I was asking, but they were insistent that I was ablist or something.

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    • palordrolap@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Deaf people will almost unavoidably copy the mouth shapes they've seen when other people have spoken. This means that how they sound will be at least somewhat informed by any hearing people they observe as well as indirectly through other deaf people who have also learned from hearing folks.

      So yes, aspects of voice accent do carry over to deaf people.

      There's also the concept of "accent" within sign language too. How people move between signs, carry themselves and act when expressing an emotion, which is usually exaggerated for the sake of clear communication, can vary from community to community, even if the base sign language is the same.

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    • robocall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Reddit is bad

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    • Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      OP didn’t ask about signing, but speaking.

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      • IMALlama@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Speaking and talking are colloquially used to describe people communicating in sign language. “I speak ASL”, “I talk ASL”, etc.

        Definitions of the words speak and [talk](www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk] cover non-verbal communication.

        Speak: to express feelings by other than verbal means

        Talk: to express or exchange ideas by means of spoken words or sign language

        That said, I agree that OP was likely asking about spoken word.

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      • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        And neither was this OP.

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  • nantsuu@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    They also have accents while signing, there are regional differences in sign language just like spoken language.

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  • GladiusB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    My brother is deaf. He most definitely knows he sounds different. He doesn’t use ASL with me. He uses it with my sister since she is fluent. We have had our own “family slang”.

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    • robocall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      My friend’s parents are deaf. She has a tendency to start signing when she dances.

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  • Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The ones I know who are totally deaf, and have been all their life, their speaking is not quite clear (if you mean that by ‘accent’), and they know it well.

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  • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I would say that any deaf-from-birth person who ever regularly interacted with hearing people would know they sound a certain way

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  • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yes, because they can communicate with people ;-)

    I mean, I know I have an accent.

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  • khepri@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Unless they’ve managed their entire life to avoid any person or piece of media cluing them in that (some) deaf people have a distinctive accent, then the answer to that would pretty obviously be yes.

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