In response to
"Which to someone that's deaf is the same thing."
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spamlet
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I don't agree. A closer analogy, to me, would be asking a kid to change the spelling or pronounciation of their name.
Posted by
mara
Aug 28 '12, 10:29
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"Oh, your last name is Kunt? Well, we're going to pronounce it Koont."
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Responses:
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it's deeper than that, IMO. -- nm
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loosilu
Aug 28, 10:38
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Which would be changing their name.
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the wrong element, bad guy
Aug 28, 10:37
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The sign is the word. By using a different sign, it's a different word.
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spamlet
Aug 28, 10:32
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no. ASL is a language and making him do a different sign is changing the word. -- nm
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zork
Aug 28, 10:31
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Yeah, I'd think that's wrong. -- nm
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Will Hunting
Aug 28, 10:30
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Still not ok. -- nm
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Jim
Aug 28, 10:30
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It's 'as-wee-pay'. -- nm
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Nic Cage
Aug 28, 10:30
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