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Old 04-17-2008, 12:57 PM   #93 (permalink)
deafskeptic
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Some deaf (especially those who don't speak) would have a hard time understanding what a hearing person wrote if he wrote phonically -- like 'here' when he meant 'hear' or vice versa.

I am laughing at the memory of a deaf friend trying to understand the note from a hearing neighbor.
I can pass for hearing speech wise and sometimes I have a hard time decoding what a hearing person writes phonically. One of the reasons why I loathe L33t speak is that you have to decode some of it phonically. Still other parts of it you have to decode by sight. I'm never sure which way to decode it.
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