jillio

[quote=blaqueinque;1691377]Well, if you choose to alientate the very people you came here to chat with and learn from, I would question what your purpose in being here is. The assessment of argumentativeness seems to be right on target.

And, it is very possible that that new bf of yours is reading all of your posts.

Deafness

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blaqueinque

According to the post above...I am already a lost cause...

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jillio

Your words, not mine. Perhaps you should just read what is written without attempting to insert your own interpretation.

blaqueinque

[quote=jillio;1691379]Jillio...what is the "real" issue here? Honesty, since I have been a member of this website, I received nothing but aggression aimed at me from you.

What have I done here that has offended you so much...is it the new deaf BF...I mean really...what is it?

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deafgal001

That's how I interpreted.... those who not hostile to deaf people does not apply to this thread...

The OP simply want to know if the same people who are hostile to deaf people are also hostile to other people who are different. Or are they nicer? If you witness hostility toward deaf people, let us know how they treated other people who are different.

deafskeptic

Some of your posts (in this thread and other threads) have discounted deaf people's experience in their dealing with the hearing hence why jillio commented on it.

You would do well not to paint us as bigoted toward the hearing - many of us have to deal with the hearing on a daily basis and while most are decent people, we have to deal with hearing who discount us or treat us as if we were of subpar intelligence at best.

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green427

This thread is not going to end well.....

deafskeptic

Unfortunately.

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blaqueinque

In what other post have I discounted deaf people's experience in dealing with the hearing?

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Frisky Feline

Nah, it is going to be ok. lots of us are learning from each other regarding in using how to use words that offends anyone without realizing it. eh.

blaqueinque

When I have I painted you as bigoted toward the hearing?

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deafgal001

dunno, but tomatoe is not spelled right

blaqueinque

Deafgal, I apologize, were you offended by that comment?

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deafgal001

nope, just agreeing with PFH, I don't know what it is about.

blaqueinque

It's a saying. Basically we are all saying the same thing and mean the same thing, we are just calling it something it else.

The saying comes from a song by George and Ira Gershwin, from 1937. "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off."

Here are the lyrics to the refrain.

You say eether and I say eyether,
You say neether and I say nyther;
Eether, eyether, neether, nyther,
Let's call the whole thing off!
You like potato and I like potahto,
You like tomato and I like tomahto;
Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto!
Let's call the whole thing off!
But oh! If we call the whole thing off,
Then we must part.
And oh! If we ever part,
Then that might break my heart!
So, if you like pajamas and I like pajahmas,
I'll wear pajamas and give up pajahmas.
For we know we need each other,
So we better call the calling off off.
Let's call the whole thing off!

Long story short I agreed with Jillio and many of the other member comments on this post...I just used words that unintentionally offended her and others on this site and for this I sincerely apologize. I was wrong.

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blaqueinque

agreeded with Jillio...typo

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for Bottesini

shel90

Seems like there was a misunderstanding so I wont bget involved but I wanted to give you a FYI..if you make posts using quotes from a song to use as an analogy or something, pls let us know where it came from since many of us dont hear music and dont have a lot of background knowledge of the different lyrics out there. Thanks

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deafgal001

yes, and even when we do hear music, not all of us can understand the lyrics. (I never could)

deafskeptic

You have a point there.

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blaqueinque

No problem Shel90

Also is it okay to PM you. I have a question to ask...its something based on one of your prior post that I think you would have an EXCELLENT answer to.

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Bottesini

Thanks! Very cool. My husband bought me my own werewolf at Starbucks!

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AlleyCat

What kind of Starbucks is this ??

Bottesini

Just normal. I think it is their trademark plush toy call "Bearista." But it is in a werewolf suit, and you can pull the werewolf hood back and the bear's head is there.

Joey is very jealous as he thinks all toys are his.

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AlleyCat

How very cute.

I have not been in Starbucks in forever, I didn't know they had this stuff ..

rockdrummer

Prove it.

rockdrummer

It's true. I can be anal about some things which in my view are important. Communication is one of them. That combined with the fact that my job requires me to take things very literaly probably contribute to my analnessisness.

Bottesini

No. We know you are very cool. Anal people never play the drums!

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souggy

Tomato, tomahto isn't from a song. So it's not really a concern of using a song, it's more of using a reference to phonetics that go over a lot of people's head. Jiro is especially guilty of doing this, making references to phonetically pronounced words that go over deafies' head.

Regarding tomato: it's a phrase used by hearing people because there's two way of saying "tomatoes." Best way to descrie the idiom is: "you pronounce this way, I pronounce it this way; and we bickers over how it's being said. It's the SAME THING!"

Tomato - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Best comparison to ASL is:

"I sign TRY with A-handshape, you sign TRY with S-handshape."

Note I am ignoring the T-handshape introduced by SEE2.

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souggy

Especially since hearing people refuses to caption the lyrics in movies and TV shows to understand why they chose that particular piece for a scene.

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