Washington Jargon, in Sign-Language

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From "kick the can down the road" to "not his first rodeo" to "fiscal cliff," Washington, D.C., has a language all its own. Sign-language interpreter Travis Painter shows WSJ's Elizabeth Williamson how he communicates some of the city's more unusual phrases. Click here to subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/14Q81Xy Visit us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wsjlive Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WSJLive Visit the Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com Don’t miss a WSJ video, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/14Q81Xy More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://www.wsj.com Visit the WSJ Video Center: https://wsj.com/video On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/wsj/videos/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/WSJ On Snapchat: https://on.wsj.com/2ratjSM

Published 2014-01-14 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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