Recent content by Mayberries

I saw this on either The Soup or Tosh.0. I almost died laughing!

Seriously! It wasn't until many years later when I finally understood why it thought 'Woody' was a "bad" word. :lol:

I remember watching Disney movies as a kid at my friend's house. They had the TVGuardian and when we were that young, we didn't understand why in Toy Story, it would always change Woody's name to Tommy. :lol:

I've always been told I talk too fast and mumble, but I never really associated it with being hard of hearing, actually. It makes perfect sense though and I'm having a "duh!" moment. :D

A person can be influenced by their culture, yes. Defined by it, no. Generalizations such as the ones Berry made are just ridiculous. When I welcome someone to my home, I'm not plotting their demise. However, you will meet hearing people AND Deaf people like that. Not everything comes down to...

How on earth can a character trait be "built into" a spoken language? Once again, that goes beyond language and beyond Deaf/hearing. That completely depends on the person and their individual character. The core of politeness is hypocrisy? Are you serious?? Now I just feel bad for you. I...

Sorry, I should have been more clear. That's what I meant - that facial expressions say what the hands can't. My bad. :) And it doesn't matter whether he/she is Deaf or hearing. My statements still stand.

Wow, nice generalization. Not only is your implication that all hearing people are backstabbing, selfish, sons of bitches untrue, but there are plenty of people who ARE that way - Deaf and hearing alike. Being Deaf doesn't make someone charitable and kind and being hearing doesn't make you a...

No prob. :) Hope it makes sense. I'm not very good at describing visual things.

The first picture is the sign 'year' like you would normally sign it. The second picture is just like I described it - "she put one fist on top of the other, and moved them together in a giant circle."

I work at a classical school and this summer, we hired an ASL teacher (I couldn't take the position because of my school schedule.) In preparation for the Christmas program, she got the pre-K and kindergarten classes together and they were going to sign some weird holiday song called "When Love...

My sign name is an 'A' with the thumb brushing the right corner of the mouth. The friend that gave it to me said I smile a lot.

About five years ago, before I lost some of my hearing, my mom had her cell phone set to play a certain ringtone, and she had it set on that particular tone for about three years straight. Now, I swear I hear her phone ringing. It's amusing, but my roomate thinks I'm nuts. :giggle:

I guess I'm just too picky. Several things sound so tinny and hollow and it feels like they compromised the performance and instead chose to make it as aesthetically-pleasing as possible. Overall, I shouldn't be complaining, because they've been a blessing. I would recommend them, especially...

Oticon... I hate them. The color is pretty bomb, though. I've heard good things about Phonaks... I may give them a try. And the pure translucent is definitely a plus :D