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I think Jillio is talking about neural wiring. That would take something like a neuro textbook if you mean it literally. But your language helps wire how you process emotion, space, music, body language, etc.

I agree. The idea in this thread that 'hearing placements' are better than deaf ones is a myth. *sigh*

There aren't that many billionaires in the world. Names?

because it's happened before.

OJ had more convincing evidence. He was also famous.

I was thinking about hearing people acquiring a L2, which is what the FS exam assumes...

The Lighter the Skin, the Shorter the Prison Term? I agree with the premise of this article with one caveat: Attractive people get less harsher sentences as well. And skin color is a matter of one's perception of beauty. Thoughts?

We need to start paying attention!

Bad idea. Then the father would be obligated to pay child support even if he is not the father! My son's birth certificate doesn't have his father's name on it. I know exactly who it is and he pays child support. I'm keeping his name off, though, since we decided that he's Dad in DNA Only. ;)...

Heh. Some people think that speaking louder means they are enunciating better. That's not exactly true, but whispering generally means your mouth doesn't move as much. And most of us hearing will talk to hearing people in a manner that isn't so 'speech-readable' because of the way our tongues...

Currently there are Deaf who resent CIs, so I'm sure it will go both ways! D'oh! Actually, Jillio, because of your profession and experience, you can probably back me up when I say that MOST people who speak Standard English look down on ANYONE who does not!

Short answer: Because Deaf generally don't spend their days talking to Oral speakers of English. And if they do, they may be talking to people who don't have 'good' grammar. Most Deaf learn how to read and write English but don't advance. Most of the time, it's a matter of early language...

This thread is bananas. But you don't have to be of ME descent to be Jewish. Not at all.

This is an issue that I think needs to be settled within the military and not outside of it. but...most have already gone through sensitivity training (at least the USAF has) and whatever, so it's a matter of time. Still, not sure a court ordering the military to do something is going to help...

That's a matter of Academic v. Standard English. Your English is Standard. edit: British Standard, maybe? Where are you from? But trust me, there are millions of people who grow up in the U.S. with perfect hearing that can't type a term paper, either. I know this, cause I wrote many term...

As my mother would say, "I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME! WHY AREN'T YOU LISTENING?!"

Beach Girl, you brought up kind of what I was thinking. I considered taking the FS exam once and looked into those requirements. What they are looking for is someone who can communicate in that country's 'standard' dialect, eg, high German, not low German, or proper Israeli Hebrew, not...

Here's the thing: Spoken word and written word are not the same. It isn't a matter of audio. People speak English using different styles than how they write it. It is also an issue of speed and how our brain organizes things. My written Spanish is 5x better than my oral. An 'accent' is only...

Ridiculous comments deserve ridiculous responses.

No, that's for snagging free dinners from rich men. Not jobs. ;)