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Israelis and Palestinians. I just read The Help. Pure awesome.

No, they do much more than that. I guess you've never been a special ed teacher like I have. But many on this board look down at people with cognitive disabilities...is it because hearing people think deaf can be dumb and you want to distance yourself? You also don't know this girl's abilities...

September. You are lucky. You don't have to marry for health insurance. :) But seriously, I'm going to get it one way or another. And marriage could be it.

I don't mind regulating it to the 21 and above population. We do it with alcohol. *shrug* But in regards to liberty, yeah, let freedom toke, I guess.

If I don't get this job, I'll need health insurance. :shock: I'm serious. TheOracle will be lawfully civil unioned, hitched, or domestic partnershipped before long.

I actually hate the pothead culture. :/ And I hate that MMJ has become rather ridiculous in my town..."green" med places everywhere, and they sell pot brownies, pizza, pot cheesecake. You get the idea. Stoner's heaven.

Well, I guess sign isn't as complicated as I thought.

Hey lady! :wave: I know of no deaf congregation in the US right now since deafness has decreased so much. I never thought of it. :o

That is called code switching. I do the same thing with Spanish and Hebrew (and Yiddishe slang, to a lesser extent). But I think that English is better for me than ASL, no matter how poetic and beautiful ASL is. There are some things I can say aloud (or type) that no deaf person will ever 'get'...

People who are very computer literate and write well also have a style of communication when typing. It's the 'inward copy editor' that we all have. I kind of like it.

I love this book. I've read it several times.

Yes, but Spanish, Italian, and French are Latin languages. My point is that language isn't as fluid amongst speaking populations. So if it is easier with sign, does that make sign an easier language? A lesser one? A less intelligent one? Does less convoluted = less smart? I'm throwing qs out...

No, I love language. I study linguistics. :confused:

Wisconsin has some kickass (and fucked) politics. It's still pretty progressive. Child of two Milwaukee moms. :D

Sourdough bread? What? If I listen to a German, I have a better chance at understanding than if I speak with someone from Japan. That's because English is a Germanic language. So all sign languages are derived from the same idea? And if so, what? Does it make it universal? Does it make it...

:: exhales :: That's what you think. Kidding. I don't smoke. But mj is less harmful than stuffing your face full of fatty foods.

Deafydyke, what say ye to this post? How will people process info with her in a hearing world, hmm? The kid sure as shit isn't reading! She's not signing well. She needs help and she needs to be in an environment where language isn't under-appreciated.

Maybe she has shitty sign skills because she had a shitty education. GTFO! Yeah. It happens. I understand children with D/s just fine. And if the child has apraxia, then it would show up in her sign as well.

Do you think that detracts from the language's authenticity and legitimacy ?