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What's the most baffling thing about neurotypical people?
Tova:
Did you learn to lip read purely by watching, or did you take lessons, or...?
That is a skill I would dearly love to acquire. How hard is it?
hedgie:
It was a pretty long process, and basically just watching people’s mouths while they talked, and getting to know the different shapes and stuff. Of course, since my actual hearing is fine, I just had to be “good enough” at it to catch what I’d miss from the ambient noise. And at least for me, it’s kinda like reading something written by a person with no aptitude for spelling or grammar, since there are things that I had to fill in from context.
Thrillho:
Does it not become inapplicable when dealing with someone with a thick regional or foreign accent? I have an Irish housemate, us mouthing the same words would form different shapes.
hedgie:
I can’t say for certain. I learnt watching either people with a California accent, or, amusingly, Irish immigrants. If there was any difference, I must have parsed it sub-conciously. And a few of those Irish folks were London Irish, which is a different accent altogether.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Tova on 30 Jan 2021, 23:27 ---Yeah, sustained direct eye contact is pretty aggressive. That's not a social thing -- it's a basic, animal instinct.
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Oh, there's another one; not saying what they mean. Be concise, be specific. Say what you mean and mean what you say.
"Look at me" instead of "look me in the eye".
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