Re: Sign Languages (was My new treasure)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 24, 2002, 23:34 |
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jogloran wrote:
> Wait. No, I lie. They're mute, not deaf, methinks. Oops.
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> The word "sound" is a loanword, it appears :P
Which suggests that they are, in fact, deaf. If they could perceive
sound, whether or not they could make sound, they'd have a word for it.
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