Does it annoy you when you cannot pronouce something?

naisho said:
Invisible, like it's not there.
My way of expressing it is, when something is invisible, it's not there, right?
Or I could say silent, but I fancy the invisible term myself. ;)
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Invisible applies to that which is seen, not heard. Just struck me as funny.
 
naisho said:
No biggie, its all good.

I think when it comes to explaining things I always try the visual approach of explaining, because this is a deaf world and I am really visual type person. Not the politically correct type.

When I thought of silent, it makes no sense to say that to anyone who could be profound deaf, so instead when I thought of the word, invisible, it wasn't the "not able to be seen" or "deception to the eye". I was more thinking in line with the other meaning of "not prominent or readily noticeable".
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exactly! we have to adapt and adjust our meanings to enable certain people to understand our point... such as metaphor!

jillio said:
Invisible applies to that which is seen, not heard. Just struck me as funny.
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hmm... the way I see it - it's like you're the only one laughing in the deaf crowd at hearing joke. :dunno:
 
naisho,

Please remember that there are also deafblind ADers as well and it is equally important for us to be able to understand what is being communicated. :ty: :)
 
naisho said:
No biggie, its all good.

I think when it comes to explaining things I always try the visual approach of explaining, because this is a deaf world and I am really visual type person. Not the politically correct type.

When I thought of silent, it makes no sense to say that to anyone who could be profound deaf, so instead when I thought of the word, invisible, it wasn't the "not able to be seen" or "deception to the eye". I was more thinking in line with the other meaning of "not prominent or readily noticeable".
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That's a very good point. I understood what you meant instantly because we deaf people are that visual.
 
Jiro said:
exactly! we have to adapt and adjust our meanings to enable certain people to understand our point... such as metaphor!


hmm... the way I see it - it's like you're the only one laughing in the deaf crowd at hearing joke. :dunno:
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Then you see it incorrectly, as usual.:lol:
 
Jiro said:
exactly! we have to adapt and adjust our meanings to enable certain people to understand our point... such as metaphor!
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It is also important for people (deaf, hearing, blind or sighted) to use words correctly so that others can understand the point they are trying to make.
 
Hear Again said:
I remember having to explain to my opthalmologists that I have retrolentralfibroplasia (now called retinopathy of prematurity). I finally gave up in frustration and abbreviated it to RLF. :lol:
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Retolentralfiroplasia? That's quite a mouthful! :P Dunno if HEARING can pronounce this word correctly. I don't even want to think about pronouncing it. :giggle:
 
deafskeptic said:
Retolentralfiroplasia? That's quite a mouthful! :P Dunno if HEARING can pronounce this word correctly. I don't even want to think about pronouncing it. :giggle:
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:laugh2:

I had an opthalmologist who could say it without a problem, but he was the only one to date. :lol:
 
Too early in the day for a fight you guys.

I like the invisible metaphor too, and it might be a hearing/deaf difference, but I know no one meant any offence.
 
jillio said:
Don't go hiding behind someone else's skirt again, Jiro. AlleyCat said nothing of the kind.
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Invisible makes more sense to us than Silence. :roll: Perhaps you might want to go back and re-read AlleyCat's post, Nitpicker Jillio. She understood Naisho's post and so did I.
 
Bottesini said:
Too early in the day for a fight you guys.

I like the invisible metaphor too, and it might be a hearing/deaf difference, but I know no one meant any offence.
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Exactly. No offense intended at all....just happened to strike me as a funny turn of phrase in a thread on pronunciation.
 
I think the difference is literal (hearing person's interpretation) vs. non-literal (deaf person's interpretation) and believe that's where the confusion came in.

In any case, it was an interesting use of the word.
 
I'm really glad that everyone here is sharing feedback with each other how to pronounce alliteration.

I must admit growing up alliteration was never easy for me because I didn't have the easiest teacher to work with. She was quite the Speech Nazi if I may say so BUT she really made sure I pronounced everything correctly including this word "alliteration".

I'm glad for members like Naisho, Jiro, jillio, HearAgain because they are able to share feedback on how to do alliteration and not criticise each other only share healthy rapport.

From the bottom of my heart, I thank you for this.
 
Mrs Bucket said:
I'm really glad that everyone here is sharing feedback with each other how to pronounce alliteration.

I must admit growing up alliteration was never easy for me because I didn't have the easiest teacher to work with. She was quite the Speech Nazi if I may say so BUT she really made sure I pronounced everything correctly including this word "alliteration".

I'm glad for members like Naisho, Jiro, jillio, HearAgain because they are able to share feedback on how to do alliteration and not criticise each other only share healthy rapport.

From the bottom of my heart, I thank you for this.
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You're welcome Mrs Bucket. :)

I'm always happy to share my experiences as someone who has grown up with hearing for most of their life just as I appreciate everyone here on AD who is willing to explain visual concepts to me that I don't understand.
 
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