Much of english language has some 'cultural' or 'underground' meaning. This totally affects how we understand issues - how they are framed by language. It also makes us vulnerable to how issues are phrased by "world leaders", etc.. Because english words themselves are laden with other meanings.
Take 'black' or 'white' or 'illegitimate', for instance. We use them more for their figurative meanings not by the dictionary definitions. I think ASL functions differently (I am curious what other people think on that - maybe that's a whole other topic thread!) Words on a page, in comparison, have varying meanings.
Thanks for info. AOFrozenCity; I think it sounds pretty cool.
