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Transcript:Start of video:
“Yes."
Both of them are laughing.
"I’m funny?" *tickles Aria’s cheek*
"Grandma. Can you sign Grandma?"
*she laughs when Aria laughs at her*
"Oh, you’re so funny!"
"Say Grandma. Can you sign Grandma?"
*lifts Aria’s hand to help her sign Grandma*
"Yes, that’s how you sign Grandma!"
*close up shot of Aria*
*Aria starts to move her arm*
"Grandma, yes!" *Aria moves her arm closer to her face*
*points to Aria’s hand* "Yes, that’s it!"
“Grandma" *moves Aria's hand again*
“Yes, that’s it! Grandma”
*Aria keeps on moving her arm and hand*
*Aria’s eyebrows goes up as if she understands what is saying*
*Aria’s arm and hand goes to her face and she seems to be signing “Grandma”*
“Yes, yes! That’s it!”
*looks up to the camera* “Did you see that?!”
*looks back to Aria* “Yes, Grandma, yes!”
*Moves Aria’s hand again to sign Grandma*
*Aria’s eyebrows furrows as her arm tightens*
“Oh, no, Im not going to force you, ok, ok”
“Aww! Oh my, you're so cute” *gently strokes Aria’s head*
Sauce: https://youtu.be/E7IlnTG7wzk
FP Edit: Woohoo! So glad you enjoyed this sweet interaction as much as I did.
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J0ND0E297
Okay. You win the internet today
HempmonkY
Wow kids can do anything.... Now get out there and mow my lawn you lil bastard
tipdub
:)
awooble
this almost made me cry sitting at my desk...that is just the most precious thing ever.
PearjuiceATX
Absolutely beautiful.
SterioType88
thepurplestuffinsidedonutsisfruit
We need to warm your icy heart with a cool island song
erratica
Fucking cute af baby jesus fuck. I don't even like infants, but jesus god that is a cute tiny person.
breadsavage
Fuckin' a, OP. You just bitch slapped me right in the feels!
DilligafDiva
You're welcome.
MadCat221
Oddly enough, even hearing-able babies can learn sign language earlier than vocal language.
Kiore
Not so odd; all babies babble with manual phonemes the same as they babble in spoken language, most just don't get any feedback and stop.
Redandpurpleunicorns
Their palate isn't developed enough for speech. Hearing different people talk sounds different, seeing different people sign looks the same.
theyreallgooddogsbutmineisthebest
Cutest thing I've seen all day :D
JossWhedonsGhost
QUALITY CONTENT
foxxplay
You know you're PMS'ing when the title alone is enough to make you emotional. But then I also cried when I burned my toast this morning. :(
Kiore
This is beautiful, thank you. All babies babble in sign language exactly as they do with spoken language, initially being able to produce<1>
Kiore
all phonemes equally, then losing the ones that don't receive feedback (most get no manual feedback at all). Sign language can also be <2>
Kiore
produced significantly earlier than spoken language, which is good for baby and parents.
hetnkik999
"That's it, just sign riiiiight here aaaand... You're all done! HAHA, I own your crib now, you stupid little shit."
Fuglysack
cptwott
when our kids were babies we learned them baby signs, simplified signs for short messages. It takes away a lot of frustration
birdspy
yes i notice she's doing quite a bit of movement, hard to teach the baby when there's so much going on. one simplified movement would b easy
sunboy4224
Well, we teach babies speech the same way. Repeat one thing a few times, but still use proper grammar and syntax.
indizone
I'm a dude, and I think my ovaries just exploded.
justhereforthefunnies
This has to be the sweetest thing i've ever seen on imgur...
QuadrilateralEnix
This is way up there with that one of a baby getting their cochlear implants turned on and that one of a baby getting prescription glasses
BlackDragoness
My daughter's name is Aria. One of the meanings for it is a singing solo accompanied by music. My heart hurts.
iamkarlpilkington
I can actually "hear" the grandma's "voice" as I read and watch her sign. Sweet video
Kiore
Infants learning language are amazing, and it's unfairly rare to see a Deaf infant receiving fluent, fully-accessible language - a core <1>
Kiore
aspect of human interaction that most of us think no more of than we do learning to walk, which most Deaf children are denied. :(
CongratsYouAreHereNow
my favorites are all hot chicks and touching stories
wooleyknickers
Both of them look so cute and happy in each other's company
Morenn
I taught my daughter only a few things, and it was a great improvement to everyday life, even if she speaks and hear alright.
AstronautChicken
It's good to teach them sign. I taught my kid milk, sleep, bath, and eat when she was about 9 m. It cut down on tantrums.
AstronautChicken
Because she could tell me what she wanted. She is 3 and says "poop" in her tiny toddler voice when she signs it and is terribly cute.
Lulabel73
Why didn't we make sign language universal?!
Kiore
For the same reasons we didn't make spoken language universal.
brunovonschmuno
Unless you're asking why... shit, I actually have no idea what you mean by 'universal.' Everyone should learn it? Maybe you meant that.
Lulabel73
Sorry I meant that American and Australian sign language is different. Why not have every country have the same sign language? Besides 1:
Lulabel73
2: the words you need to spell out a sign for apple could be the same for someone in America and someone in Egypt etc
brunovonschmuno
People create signed languages for themselves in each region. Great Britain has different sign language than USA but we both speak English.
Lulabel73
That's what I mean. The world should have got together 100 years ago and said we are all learning the same sign language.
GinevraPotter
Because there was no sign language before 100 years ago...
Lulabel73
Exactly! So it would have been doable to teach the same signs around the world.
undercovergiraffe
"hmm yes, I concur Grandma, Shallow and Pedantic"
Wbmelo
imnotinprisonhidingaphoneinmybutt
DeathBeUponYou
http://imgur.com/4qTenzo
Tpyle0516
Their reaction to each other is awesome.
Garouleloup
"What is love?"
TossedSaladsandScrambledEggs
Baby don't hurt me...
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TheMobyh
Gonna be what? WHAAAAT?
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TheMobyh
Yes yes the song you're gonna be... In? Listening? Writing?
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daralingg
HOW. FREAKING. PRECIOUS.
miah1391
Then you realized she's named after a sound she'll never hear
OPisdaOG
chimichangatemptress
miah1391
Oh don't give me that. I can't be the only one to see the irony
Discoduck
mercifulwombat
Babies understand language before they can speak because of pallette development. Sign language is a great communication tool.
Pencillin
Baby signing is fantastically useful for expressing needs like hungry, tired, more. Plus basic manners like plz, thank you, hello.
SilverLullabies
My daughter has expressive language disorder and only recently started talking (she's almost 4) but we taught her sign language so she 1/2
SilverLullabies
could communicate with us and it worked.
RightYouAreKen515
My son was in speech therapy for straight up not talking. He learned SL faster than I thought was possible. He's talking now, it's amazing!
degenerator
Soon the kid will be sleep-signing.
ChiLLeCheeze
It helps the child learn language faster if you sign side by side to language. They're learning the word and the motion at the same time.
BannaGiraffeDriver
i honestly learned all my signing from "Switched At Birth"
SgtChowdown
It is FANTASTIC for special needs kids who can't effectively communicate. Plus you look baller when you take ASL 1 lol
Kaysmira
My aunt has huge difficulties speaking clearly with her disability. Her teachers wanted to teach her to sign but my grandmother freaked>>
Kaysmira
and pulled her from the program, insisting she learn to speak instead. She speaks, but only two or three people understand her. It's so>>
Kaysmira
damn sad. It must be so lonely. She's been 7 for over 40 years now, her mom makes all her decisions for her. Signing would have been better.
coffeebaby
Is it too late for her to learn?
ohkayykayykayy
Sister has downs. Learned basic signing and taught my kids
johnvictor
What I find funny is that they make random sounds in ASL when learning it.
SaguaroSun
I actively signed to Tiny Terror so she could communicate with us. We still use it sometimes. I'll teach her the sign alphabet so she can
SaguaroSun
yell at me as a teenager, just like I did to my ma.
ergine
Yep. It's a language just like spoken ones.
cattastrophe
We used some basic signs with my daughter before she could talk. Makes figuring out what they need so much easier
DaddyIwantAsquirrel
My aunt and uncle taught my baby cousin sign language when he was 2 so he could tell them what he needed easier. They weren't deaf, it (1/2)
DaddyIwantAsquirrel
just made things easier for them and him. It was super impressive to see him sign to them. (2/2)
vivaciousferocity
My son has high functioning autism and for the first 4 years wouldn't speak a word; but we taught him to sign at a few months old and it 1/2
vivaciousferocity
made such a difference! We finally took him to a speech pathologist he connected with and now you can't get him to shut up :) 2/2
FloofyFace
My son was exactly the same. He didnt say his first word until he was 3
Ryebread91
Friend of ours kid wouldn't talk so they took him to get studied and dr gave him a puzzle and he solved it right away & then asked him 1/2
Ryebread91
Asked him some questions he started fully talking like normal right away and dr said he had always been able too just no one was listening.
HaroldLostHisPurpleCrayon
I'm very curious about that. I have a student who we believe is misdiagnosed. Even his parents think so. He has all typically developing 1/
jesuisgur
'no one was listening': what's that supposed to mean ?
HaroldLostHisPurpleCrayon
I teach in an autism program for preschoolers. We use limited sign language but the kids pick it up very quickly! Even if they speak too
ilovebirds
Which is more useful to learn, American Sign Language or Signed English?
dandelionwino
They each offer distinct advantages and disadvantages. As a non deaf person, either would allow you to communicate with a Deaf person O.K.
callmeLadyMoose
ASL is really common, but it really is up to what the person needs the language for.
Probablynotsanta
S.E. is English made into signs, which means that it is generally slower and less concise (some versions include signs for "is" and "or" 1/2
Probablynotsanta
Which you really don't need in a tactile language. ASL arose from a combination of natural signed languages, and is (generally) quicker.
youarethesumofyourcontradictions
Good point. (Also: *palate - sorry to be that guy.)
69NAZ
Not native, i always first pronounce it like KA-RA-TEEEE! and it makes me giggle
mercifulwombat
Actually thanks! I genuinely wasn't sure how to spell it.
o11c
No, I'm sure the baby hasn't developed enough armor on their armpits.
degenerator
That's right. The chitinous layer starts forming around the head first, then gets to the armpits later.
CaspianQuix
Alternate title: Gansta Grandma passes down gang signs to next generation.
Vetty0138
@Lypto19
GotABitSilly
I laughed out loud
BleachItsWhatsForDinner
You win
SLTWWS
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DeathBeUponYou
http://imgur.com/hErZe8v
MySpiritAnimalIsTheUnpopularOpinionPuffin
Grandma got run over by the drive by. Cuz she was wearing red last Cripsmas Eve.
AGuyThatPoops
She was in the wrong neighborhood mutha trucka!
CourtneyRocks
Ain't no party like my gma's tea party bc gma's tea party don't stop
SweetTeaYankee
GD: Granny Disciples.
Panzer89
Alternate alternate title: Grandma is Italian.
CaptainHitADeck
Savage
ShooterMcGrabbin
Gramma's a crip killa
NorthernCracker
bruhh
Ant4N
If Pyrus and crips all got along...
coznestersmiff
yackyackyackyack
kaykicing
they'd prolly gun me down by the end of this song
Ant4N
Scream like the whole city go against me everytime Im in the streets I hear
kaykicing
*wild scHoolboy appears* YAWK YAWK YAWK YAWK
jayar1st
Babies who cannot hear are found to "babble" with their hands, and doing so activated the language centers of the brain.
isildur
Source?
jayar1st
http://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/22/us/deaf-babies-use-their-hands-to-babble-researcher-finds.html
isildur
1. Source on activating the language centers of the brain? Not that I'd be surprised, but you referred to activation as being known, which
isildur
2. would require a scan of some sort of at least something like scalp electrode-based measurement.
jayar1st
Check out the wikipedia article on babbling. It's a good read
jayar1st
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbling#cite_note-3_co-occurence-25
isildur
I see it also links to an article on just manual babbling. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual_babbling Thanks.
Kiore
Actually, all babies do it, including hearing babies. But most get no feedback and stop.
isildur
Do you have a source on this? How would one differentiate hand "babbling" from general body movement play/experimentation?
sunboy4224
I would say that's exactly what babbling is anyway. Same with vocal babbling, just experimentation. It's the feedback that causes learning.
Kiore
They babble in a specific way; 'ba-ba-ba' 'da-da-da' 'ba-da-ba-da', etc. Same when babbling with hands; repetition of/play with phonemes.
jayar1st
http://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/22/us/deaf-babies-use-their-hands-to-babble-researcher-finds.html
jayar1st
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6A7GyPS0l0
isildur
2. I'm not saying for sure that the baby isn't doing a sign equivalent of babbling, but that video isn't very clear.
isildur
In that particular video, the the baby isn't doing anything unambiguously repetitive. It keeps it's fist clenched, but babies often do.