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{SPEAKER name="Jan de Lap/Charles Dietz (interpreter)"} And we're going to do a little experiment. Okay, do this.

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{SILENCE}

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These knuckles must stay together. Just like this.

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Alright? Now, most of you have got it, fine. Okay.

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Now, I'd like to see if you can move these fingers.


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Okay.

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Now, can you move the little fingers?

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[[Waiting Pause]]
Interesting. Okay, can you move these, the index fingers?

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Now, how about these two?
[[laughter]]

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Uh huh, you're surprised!

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You've learned something about your hands. It can't be done.

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Okay. Now—

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Now, I will explain to some of you, a game that we have among deaf people, of telling a story in finger spelling.

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We'll start with a simple one, a four-letter word. Now, it's a nice four letter word.

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And, I hope that many of you know finger spelling. Each letter of the word is shown in the action.

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[[silence while word is signed]]

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What's the word? What's the word?

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Drag.

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He was signing it, and acting it also.

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Let's slow it down and see it.

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Here's the D.