Sign Language at the Table - Nitty?
 

So tonight there were two (presumably) deaf people playing at my table. They clearly knew each other and were frequently signing back and forth. Most of the time neither was involved in a hand, but every once in a while they would sign while one was involved in a hand. They never did it when both were in a hand at the same time.

I have no reason to beleive it was anything other than innocent chatter, but would I be a complete nit if I said something to the floor about signing when in a hand?

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Were they signing in English or ASL? If it was ASL, you should have asked them to sign in English. It would be an interesting ADA action if they were told by the floor to stop.

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*boggle*

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Call me a nit, but that's no different than two people speaking Swahili (or any other language) at the table. "English only" is the rule - ASL is not English.

I'd probably speak to the floor away from the table and have him/her intervene so the dealer doesn't take any heat.

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nobody uses signed exact English except hearing people who don't understand deaf people.

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a dealer told me he had a situation like this and that they told them English only during the hand.

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DURING the hand, they absolutely should not be signing to each other if either is involved. Otherwise, they're free to sign all they like. I've played with a deaf brother+sister at the table and they seemed to understand this without being told--least ways, they behaved appropriately, signing like mad after the hand but keeping "quiet" during. Obviously there needs to be some room for wiggle here, like if a deaf person involved in a hand needs a rule or situation clarified; it'd be ok in that case to speak through an interpreter.

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If they are both in a hand, there's no way I would let them sign each other (unless they were heads up in a cash game).

Teh only problem I can see if one signs and the other is out of the hand is if another player at the table can read sign language. I don't know the odds of that but they are probably long so I doubt this would bother me.

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Demand an interpreter/translator from the floor...

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This thread continues to amaze me.