Recent content by Aji

They feel as if they're being colonized. It's similar to Afro-Jamaicans being offended by white people speaking Patois, though I have not come across that feeling. However, I think speaking another language is appreciation, not imperialism. I can't compare their feeling to how native Americans...

Well, they 'make' it like english because ASL is based on English wording, hence U.S. Deaf schools teach (greatly American) English, and hence most American Deaf people read in English. You can't even compare making ASL like English to making Wolof like English because the Wolof wording is...

Meh, I was into German at aged 10, but I no longer am that into it. I personally think that in the U.S., all languages other than English are 'fads'. I took mandatory Spanish classes though I do not remember all the basics. It's kind of like African American Vernacular English. It was cool in...

This reminds me of Little Women: ATL. A woman broke down after she found out her kids had the same type of dwarfism she has. A lot of little people wouldn't want to reproduce little people because of the societal barriers they face as little people (discrimination, teasing, health issues, etc)...