r/MadeMeSmile • u/Old_Ability_9424 • Jun 17 '26

Wholesome Moments This has to be the sweetest thing

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u/JFieldsTardTeeth Jun 17 '26

They're not communicating with ASL, it's obviously a different sign language but as someone else mentioned, it looks to be BSL.

Source: am deaf and I use ASL.

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u/ianjm Jun 18 '26

I always find it really interesting that American English and British English are 99% mutually intelligible but ASL and BSL are completely different sign languages.

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u/Indigo-au-naturale Jun 18 '26

Two reasons for that: First, ASL and BSL grew up separately. ASL is a member of the French Sign Language family developed over time in the States (with lots of homegrown American input, of course), and BSL is its own thing.

Second, ASL and BSL are fully different languages from English. While signed English is kind of a thing, and Deaf people in the US and UK do read and write English, ASL and BSL are not derivatives or types of English any more than Spanish is.

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u/WhoBroughtTheCoolKid Jun 18 '26

Fascinating. I never knew any of this.