Can you understand a conversation by just reading someones lips

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  1. broony

    broony Banned

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    Few years ago I worked for UPS at a massive shipping warehouse. Out of 150 workers i'd say 15 were deaf. One guy I got to know pretty well for a work buddy. We were unloading a trailer and he would talk the whole time since he didn't have time to read my lips, other wise he would get literally nothing done. lol. Well he could reap lips very very well. Some people who were deaf from what he said were not very good. Very interesting having a conversation with someone who can't hear but you still have to talk out loud to them.
     
  2. I'minmyunderwear

    I'minmyunderwear Newbie

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    no. i can barely understand a conversation that i can hear.
     
  3. SpacemanSpiff

    SpacemanSpiff Visitor

    i have a deaf client who reads lips but we always end up using pen and paper because I dont move my lips enough when I talk
     
  4. rollingalong

    rollingalong Banned

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    ^lazy to the max


    i have always wanted to read lips...i can recognize some words,,,'fuck you' is pretty easy to recognize from across the room
     
  5. Deranged

    Deranged Senor Member

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    if the lips are making word sounds
     
  6. broony

    broony Banned

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    Imagine if you learned 100 basic common words :mickey: it can't be that hard.
     
  7. TopNotchStoner

    TopNotchStoner Georgia Homegrown

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    I'm the same way. I speak very lazily and I doubt anyone could read my lips. It's something I've actually thought about before and even observed and analyzed in the mirror.
     
  8. OhSoDreadful

    OhSoDreadful Childish Idealist

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    I use too many words I invented for anyone to ever be able to understand what I'm talking about even if they can hear me
     
  9. broony

    broony Banned

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    Your a stoner though :p BBAD is not.
     
  10. thedope

    thedope glad attention Lifetime Supporter

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    Does lips come in braille
     
  11. deleted

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    i cant even understand people that i can hear..
     
  12. lovelyxmalia

    lovelyxmalia Banana Hammock Lifetime Supporter

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    I knew a guy that was so good at lip reading that he could read lips even when people weren't looking at him. He said he'd watch their jaw movements and piece together what they might be saying. I think he'd make an awesome spy
     
  13. SpacemanSpiff

    SpacemanSpiff Visitor

    I dont talk much anyways ...maybe some of you bigmouths just have more practice at it
     
  14. rollingalong

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    there are some advantages to being a big mouth...''the squeaky wheel gets the grease'':mickey:..........
     
  15. broony

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    My skills are improving, the other day i think i got 8 or 9 words outta 10.

    If you keep practicing with the general public its great when you take it to your work environment. Understanding your enemies from the distance is awesome. :devil:
     
  16. lovelyxmalia

    lovelyxmalia Banana Hammock Lifetime Supporter

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    I'm not very good at it but when my dad was real sick, I had to learn how to read lips because he had such a hard time talking that he would try and whisper things...whispering in a crowd of people doesn't really work haha
     
  17. farmout

    farmout All who wander arent lost Lifetime Supporter

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    I do pretty well at lip reading....as long as its in English....;-D
     
  18. dark suger

    dark suger Dripping With Sin!

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    Usually I can but people mumble alot
     
  19. broony

    broony Banned

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    Yea.

    In the work environment where i've been practicing is really the only place where i can even try. No matter if someone is trying to be quiet or not, people don't mumble.:mickey:

    Then as soon as you walk out of the building it becomes wwhhhahahha?T:confused:
     
  20. Kinky Ramona

    Kinky Ramona Back by popular demand!

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    I have a difficult time looking people straight in the face, so I'm not very good at lip reading because I don't have much practice. I've been getting better at being able to look at people's eyes when I talk to them, but I haven't moved to the lips yet, lol.

    Also, my neighbor across the street is deaf, but he's a douchebag, so I try not to talk to him at all. But if I have to because he's making an order at work, he usually just asks for a pen and paper and writes down what he wants. He sucked at that at first and pissed me off relentlessly (how hard is it to just write cheeseburger and fries, you know? lol), but he's better at ordering now, so it's not as unpleasant as it used to be.
     
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