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  2. French Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    French Sign Language is frequently, though mistakenly, attributed to the work of Charles Michel de l'Épée (l'abbé de l'Épée). In fact, he is said to have discovered the already existing language by total accident; having ducked into a nearby house to escape the rain, he fell upon a pair of deaf twin sisters and was struck by the richness ...

  3. French manual alphabet - Wikipedia

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    A few letters (upward G, sideward M and N) are oriented differently, with the result that D and G depend on a difference in hand shape that has been lost from informal ASL, and N looks like an ASL H. Several letters (hitchhiker-thumb A , clawed E , splayed F , nodding P , etc.) have minor differences that suggest a different "accent"; the thumb ...

  4. American Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language [5] that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone Canada. ASL is a complete and organized visual language that is expressed by employing both manual and nonmanual features . [ 6 ]

  5. French Sign Language family - Wikipedia

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    The French Sign Language (LSF, from langue des signes française) or Francosign family is a language family of sign languages which includes French Sign Language and American Sign Language. The LSF family descends from Old French Sign Language (VLSF), which developed among the deaf community in Paris.

  6. Savitri Devi - Wikipedia

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    Savitri Devi Mukherji [a] (born Maximiani Julia Portas, French: [mak.si.mja.ni pɔʁ.tɑ]; 30 September 1905 – 22 October 1982) was a French-born Greek-Italian fascist, Nazi sympathizer, and spy who served the Axis powers by committing acts of espionage against the Allied forces in India.

  7. Influential French author said Hitler’s big mistake was ...

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    According to The Times, Céline said in the interview that Hitler’s great mistake was failing to “wipe out England” during World War II. “Hitler lacked Napoleon’s genius. He was an ...

  8. Hitler’s big mistake was failing to ‘wipe out England ...

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    According to The Times, Céline said in the interview that Hitler’s great mistake was failing to “wipe out England” during World War II. “Hitler lacked Napoleon’s genius. He was an ...

  9. Varieties of American Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    American Sign Language (ASL) developed in the United States, starting as a blend of local sign languages and French Sign Language (FSL). [1] Local varieties have developed in many countries, but there is little research on which should be considered dialects of ASL (such as Bolivian Sign Language) and which have diverged to the point of being ...