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r/asl
ASL: Making our hands talk. (Please read the first thread for some great info!)
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There are many distinct signing communities around the world, which communicate using different sign languages and exhibit different cultural norms. Sign languages also intersect with nationality, education, race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexual orientation, other languages and other identity marke...
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Total Submissions
13,995
Total Comments
118,179
Earliest Submission
March 3, 2009
Earliest Comment
March 3, 2009
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Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 654 | 25,138 | 351.0 | 0.2 | 1674.58 | |
| #2 | 13,502 | 641,423 | 7246.8 | 5.3 | 1354.92 | |
| #3 | 16,972 | 967,262 | 9109.3 | 8.1 | 1129.40 | |
| #4 | 1,474 | 89,447 | 791.1 | 0.7 | 1060.69 | |
| #5 | 303 | 27,823 | 162.6 | 0.2 | 700.97 | |
| #6 | 533 | 56,387 | 286.1 | 0.5 | 608.42 | |
| #7 | 711 | 98,513 | 381.6 | 0.8 | 464.55 | |
| #8 | 363 | 53,537 | 194.8 | 0.4 | 436.43 | |
| #9 | 158 | 27,665 | 84.8 | 0.2 | 367.61 | |
| #10 | 93 | 17,293 | 49.9 | 0.1 | 346.16 | |
| #11 | 332 | 62,108 | 178.2 | 0.5 | 344.07 | |
| #12 | 106 | 20,362 | 56.9 | 0.2 | 335.08 | |
| #13 | 107 | 20,884 | 57.4 | 0.2 | 329.78 | |
| #14 | 313 | 71,995 | 168.0 | 0.6 | 279.83 | |
| #15 | 90 | 21,904 | 48.3 | 0.2 | 264.47 | |
| #16 | 90 | 22,699 | 48.3 | 0.2 | 255.21 | |
| #17 | 1,354 | 395,559 | 726.7 | 3.3 | 220.33 | |
| #18 | 781 | 241,544 | 419.2 | 2.0 | 208.12 | |
| #19 | 57 | 18,029 | 30.6 | 0.2 | 203.50 | |
| #20 | 3,465 | 1,471,874 | 1859.7 | 12.3 | 151.53 | |
| #21 | 97 | 41,343 | 52.1 | 0.3 | 151.02 | |
| #22 | 236 | 106,401 | 126.7 | 0.9 | 142.77 | |
| #23 | 76 | 37,592 | 40.8 | 0.3 | 130.13 | |
| #24 | 173 | 89,883 | 92.9 | 0.7 | 123.89 | |
| #25 | 106 | 55,893 | 56.9 | 0.5 | 122.07 | |
| #26 | 113 | 64,613 | 60.6 | 0.5 | 112.57 | |
| #27 | 121 | 71,538 | 64.9 | 0.6 | 108.87 | |
| #28 | 36 | 22,478 | 19.3 | 0.2 | 103.09 | |
| #29 | 174 | 111,666 | 93.4 | 0.9 | 100.30 | |
| #30 | 34 | 24,290 | 18.2 | 0.2 | 90.10 | |
| #31 | 38 | 27,510 | 20.4 | 0.2 | 88.91 | |
| #32 | 43 | 32,941 | 23.1 | 0.3 | 84.02 | |
| #33 | 45 | 35,271 | 24.2 | 0.3 | 82.12 | |
| #34 | 15,148 | 11,960,213 | 8130.3 | 99.7 | 81.52 | |
| #35 | 37 | 30,318 | 19.9 | 0.3 | 78.55 | |
| #36 | 4,783 | 4,055,154 | 2567.1 | 33.8 | 75.92 | |
| #37 | 77 | 65,655 | 41.3 | 0.5 | 75.49 | |
| #38 | 37 | 32,133 | 19.9 | 0.3 | 74.12 | |
| #39 | 75 | 66,275 | 40.3 | 0.6 | 72.84 | |
| #40 | 224 | 204,021 | 120.2 | 1.7 | 70.67 | |
| #41 | 54 | 49,649 | 29.0 | 0.4 | 70.01 | |
| #42 | 364 | 351,466 | 195.4 | 2.9 | 66.66 | |
| #43 | 5,758 | 5,589,370 | 3090.4 | 46.6 | 66.31 | |
| #44 | 50 | 49,602 | 26.8 | 0.4 | 64.88 | |
| #45 | 89 | 91,137 | 47.8 | 0.8 | 62.86 | |
| #46 | 38 | 39,909 | 20.4 | 0.3 | 61.29 | |
| #47 | 315 | 334,333 | 169.1 | 2.8 | 60.64 | |
| #48 | 410 | 450,561 | 220.1 | 3.8 | 58.57 | |
| #49 | 120 | 136,228 | 64.4 | 1.1 | 56.70 | |
| #50 | 190 | 216,105 | 102.0 | 1.8 | 56.59 |