Panera Bread Deaf Chat

Another fun night at Panera Bread chatting in sign language with amazing people. Familiar faces from Deaf Mosaic joined in the conversation, as well as new faces eager to learn the language and develop a relationship with the deaf community. Vitamin is one of the new words learned during the chat this evening. With your dominant hand make the letter v shape and circle it = vitamin. Being familiar with the environment and topic of the conversation absolutely creates a sense of ease and understanding of the discussion being signed. Although verbally the conversation would have been smoother, it took more time to express the thought in sign language because the component of knowing the signs did not exist until told. The same thing applies to a spoken topic one is unfamiliar with too - not knowing and understanding the lingo for doctors, accountants, chefs, musicians, etc may deter you from following the points of conversation fluently. Knowledge is power, right!?!