Shower Thoughts: Can you be sarcastic through sign language?

From Nights, 8:40 pm on 17 June 2025

Time now for Shower Thoughts -- This is where we find an expert to answer curious questions about the world and how it works, and why it works the way it works.

Tonight's big question: can you stutter in sign language? Does New Zealand Sign Language have the equivalent of mispronunciation, mistakes or sarcasm?

Rachel McKee is a Professor of New Zealand Sign Language Studies and Director of the Deaf Studies Research Unit at the University of Victoria.

Emile goes with her on a deep dive into New Zealand Sign Language.

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The interpreting sign in sign language. Photo: 123rf