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i dont understand
wtf? you don't understand ;/
i dont understand
wtf? you don't understand ;/
No. I am deaf, and I think that I have pretty good grammar. Then again, proper English was drilled into my head from a very young age. I do read a lot of books to get information, but that is just a part of my personality - not necessarily because I'm deaf.
Keep in mind that there are MANY hearing people who cannot write a proper English sentence to save their lives. "Texting talk", as I call it, has taken over as the standard. A lot of kids and teens my age cannot write proper sentences. They aren't being taught how to write correctly in school. The teachers let lots of kids get away with "writn lyk dis" It's sad, really. And then I'm the weird one, because I write in complete sentences when I text... :roll:
I HATE it when people write like this:
u av d ryt 2 feel safe ll d tym, includN wen UzN ICT or yr mob ph.
GRRR!!!
But no, being deaf/hoh, in and of itself, doesn't mean that you cannot write sentences with correct grammar. It DOES depend on how the person - deaf/hoh or hearing - was taught grammar. Some people were not taught correctly, or the information was not presented in a way that the person could grasp. And there are a lot of people who just are not good at grammar or languages, period
wtf? you don't understand ;/
were you talking about me being immature and stuff? sorry i couldn't follow what you were trying to say
Further "irony" at some of the above comments. Lucas "welcome to the club"- apparently not understood.
All these guys Canadian. "Snarky" - apparently characteristic?
Sociology study of Canadians- predictable?
*sigh*
That is not the fact of the matter. It is a generalization and it does not fit all deaf or HOH.I'll tell you honestly, it is harder to learn good English grammar if you don't hear well when you are young. Now, to be fair, there is a lot going on when you are a kid that makes you not concentrate in school and it has nothing to do with language(social pressure, making friends and enemies, etc). However, I believe learning language is extra hard and takes a lot of work. I can tell you, I practice more grammar today than I ever did when I was going through grade school and I'm still not great at it.
So, while some may not like this thread, the fact of the matter is, it is true that deaf and HOH don't have the best grammar skills. And, in adulthood, there really is no reason for it.
Language is what links us together, IMO. The more we speak the same language the stronger we are as a group.
Humorless twit.
He's young. You did an excellent imitation of Dr. Phil, but I think Lucas might be frustrated because he really does want to know what Travis was saying.
I don't . I think he was just picking on Travis.
I also don't think he understood my satire.
That is not the fact of the matter. It is a generalization and it does not fit all deaf or HOH.
There are plenty of people with perfect hearing who have terrible grammar skills. Look on craigslist sometime and read the ads. You will find people cannot even spell simple words or use basic punctuation.