DOI: /10.25592/dgs.corpus-3.0-type-15297

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Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_08 | 18-30f   I don't know what it’s called.
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mname
München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_06 | 18-30f   Some day they’ll come up with a single weird word and lump us all together.
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mirgendwannheißt[MG]wortfüruns
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_13 | 61+m   The Sea Life, yes, Sea Life.
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msea lifesea life
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_13 | 61+m   The Sea Life, yes, Sea Life.
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msea lifesea life
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_13 | 61+m   I’ve been to the Sea Life aquarium in Speyer that you just talked about before.
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mgibtauchsea lifefischaquariumich war
Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_07 | 18-30f   Then, one would write down that one is deaf.
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m[MG]aufschreiben
München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_10 | 31-45m   They are overwhelmed with the displays, delays are announced via speakers, and people don’t know where to go and are all clueless.
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m[MG][MG][MG][MG][MG]verspätet
München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_10 | 31-45m   They are overwhelmed with the displays, delays are announced via speakers, and people don’t know where to go and are all clueless.
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Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_03 | 46-60m   Sometimes my teacher asked me to explain something to one of my classmates using signs, as he didn't get the oral explanation.
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m[MG]oral[MG]klasse
Leipzig | dgskorpus_lei_07 | 46-60f   We had to practice articulation, the alphabet, until autumn holiday.
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mübena-balph{abet}bisherbstferien
Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_03 | 31-45m   But it’s different in ASL where you use the one-handed finger alphabet like in DGS, although you sign differently.
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mwiedeutsch
Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_04 | 18-30f   It's interesting, when I meet someone and that person doesn't understand a sign, I can spell it, and the other one can show me the sign.
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m[MG][MG][MG][MG]
Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_03 | 31-45m   If a sign, like JA [yes], originates from the finger alphabet, you sign it with the beginning letter, ‚J‘.
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mwenndeutsch
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Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_07 | 31-45m   I believe her name was #Name1 or something like that.
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mname#name1[MG]
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m   If there is no sign for it, they just spell it.
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mauch[MG][MG][MG]auch
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m   Yes. Here people are too lazy to use the finger alphabet.
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mfaulfingeralphabet
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m   In the US, I was asked to repeat my fingerspelling slower.
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m[MG][MG]noch mal
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m   They leave out a couple of letters when they finger spell something.
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mab ab ab
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m   Yes, because it is such a short word. They tend to spell those but when it comes to longer words, they usually use the sign.
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mgrundkurzlang[MG]
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m   In my opinion, that makes totally sense because that’s how they were raised.
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mstimmt[MG]grund
Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_04 | 31-45m   They used finger spelling: Bayern Munich. Sure, that‘s famous.
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mplauderbayern
Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_07 | 18-30f   It’d be best if everyone knew how to finger spell, or the basics of sign language.
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mwasallekannalphabetoderkann
Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_13 | 61+m   I didn't want to do it in the beginning because I can't fingerspell.
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mnichtgrundfingeralphabetkann nicht
Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_13 | 61+m   I didn’t learn it when I was younger.
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Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_13 | 61+m   My partner taught me how to fingerspell and then we practiced together.
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munterricht unterrichtfingeralphabet
Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_13 | 61+m   Now I can fingerspell perfectly.
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m[MG]fingeralphabet
Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_03 | 31-45m   I couldn’t possibly read the lips. They just spelled out the words, and that was that.
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mab{lesen}buchstabe
Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_03 | 31-45m   I couldn’t possibly read the lips. They just spelled out the words, and that was that.
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Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_06 | 31-45m   That’s when they asked what I was doing with my hands. So I showed them finger spelling.
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Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_06 | 31-45m   I was surprised and congratulated him on having learned to finger spell.
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mfingeralpha{bet}kann
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m   Then one can add the fingerspelling version of the word and keep on signing.
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mnoch malfingeralphabetdann
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m   Back then I already understood the sign but they still fingerspelled it.
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mverstanden
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m   They sign it and every new word is fingerspelled.
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Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m   They sign it and every new word is fingerspelled.
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Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m   They sign it and every new word is fingerspelled.
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Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m   I like that they use the finger alphabet so much in America.
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mamerikagutwas
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m   In Germany you just use the mouthing of a word if there is not yet a suitable sign.
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mdeutschlandwas[MG]
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m   I’ve been to America once and their fingerspelling is so fast. It feels like they spell at a speed of 200 km/h.
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mamerika[MG]zweihundert
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m   They fingerspelled everything so fast.
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mfingeralphabetschnell
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m   Then he played it again, slowed down, so that we could decode it.
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mlangsam[MG][MG]
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m   In the US, I was asked to repeat my fingerspelling slower.
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maufame{rika}[MG][MG]noch mal
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m   It is also based on the finger alphabet.
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mgrundfingeralphabet[MG]
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_04 | 61+m   No, they sign very fast and finger spell a lot.
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m[MG]schnell
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_05 | 46-60m   They are probably less concerned, because it is quite common over there to be able to sign.
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mgrundselbs{tverständlich}alpha{bet}kannmehrkann
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_07 | 18-30m   They use the one hand alphabet in America a lot.
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mamerika
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_07 | 18-30m   They use the one hand alphabet in America a lot.
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Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_08 | 18-30f   He doesn‘t know how to finger spell.
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mwiefingeralphabetkann nicht
Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_08 | 18-30f   He can only sign ‘A‘, ‘C‘, things like that. I think that’s cute.
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mnureineeinefingeral{pha}betmachenwa{s}nur
Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_13 | 61+m   I was supposed to fingerspell all the cities we passed while we were on the autobahn until I was able to do it correctly.
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mautobahnübe
Münster | dgskorpus_mst_02 | 18-30f   She is not able to use the one-handed finger spelling.
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moma
Rostock | dgskorpus_mvp_01 | 18-30m   It's best to start with spelling, with the alphabet.
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mbe{sser}anf{ang}abuchstabe alphabet
Rostock | dgskorpus_mvp_03 | 18-30m   I cannot remember the name of the car.
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mname[MG]
Rostock | dgskorpus_mvp_04 | 46-60f   There’s a website/
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mw-w-w
Rostock | dgskorpus_mvp_06 | 61+m   I didn’t know fingerspelling at all.
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mfingeralphabetmirunbekannt
Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_03 | 31-45m   I could have spelled better.
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msauber
Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_04 | 18-30f   I gave him an alphabet card.
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mabcdef
Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_05 | 61+m   #Name3 something.
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m#name3[MG]
Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_07 | 46-60m   For tough words, you use finger spelling.
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mwennschwerwortfingeral{phabet}
Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_07 | 46-60m   The fingerspelling would also have to remain.
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mauchfingeral{pha}betbleibenja
Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_07 | 46-60m   That’s not to say one would just keep on spelling until the hand cramps up.
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