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Thanks for all of the opinionated discussion here. I really hope that people aren't upset by me asking this or anything. I just got home from the Deaf event and let me just say that I found the answer to my question: as soon as I walked through the doors and approached the event room, there...

Perhaps the issue is not about using different languages, but using a language that the other people are missing out on because of their "disability". So it doesn't seem rude when Deaf use ASL amongst the hearing because they can still see the ASL clearly and even someone with no ASL background...

Thanks for sharing your opinion rockdrummer. I guess theres no perfect answer to this question. I'm just going to have to get there and see what it is like. If the whole room is completely silent except for us hearing students we will probably be too uncomfortable to speak anyway.

Okay thanks, I guess I will try to avoid speaking :( I think it is unfair though because I go to school at a large university and there are people from all over the world here, speaking their native languages amongst eachother. If there was a large event hosted by native English speakers I...

Hello, I am a hearing ASL student, and as part of my ASL course, I am required to attend "Deaf Culture" events. Tonight is my first event and I think that the only hearing people there are going to be me and my fellow students. I have one simple question. If I am talking to a hearing person...