LL-L "Lexicon" 2009.11.15 (02) [EN]

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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at fleimin.demon.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2009.11.14 (05) [EN]

> From: Hellinckx Luc <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
> Subject: LL-L "Lexicon"
>
> Look at people eating meat, and those who do not. The latter may call
> themselves vegetarians (or vegans or...). Linguistically, they define
> themselves, not as a dependance or a reaction to "carnivores", but in
> terms of a "positive" choice they made themselves. OK, you may
> think...how on earth can a deaf society describe itself in positive
> terms?
>
> Well, maybe this is the point where Latin comes in handy.
>
> What about "surd"?

We already have a positive word for deaf: it's "deaf"!

Sandy Fleming
http://scotstext.org/

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