Relevant to my interests – in my Gryphon Clerks novels, the gnomes have a system of sign language developed to communicate in noisy industrial environments, but also used to plot against their dwarvish masters without being overheard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Originally shared by Masha du Toit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Amazing. And these languages were not just simple signs, but complex ways of communicating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Outside of deaf communities, hearing people sometimes develop what are now often called \u201calternate sign languages\u201d to communicate when words will not do. In monasteries, monks uses signs to communicate in areas where speech is forbidden, for instance. In industries where machines made speaking impossible\u2014in ships\u2019 engine rooms, in steel mills, textile mills, and sawmills\u2014workers also found ways to communicate with their hands.”<\/p>\n\n\n http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/the-lost-secret-sign-language-of-sawmill-workers<\/a><\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Relevant to my interests – in my Gryphon Clerks novels, the gnomes have a system of sign language developed to…
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