And then a hero comes along, with the strength to carry on

( magnum, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 20:44, archived)

Some of us have scary jobs you know..

( Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 20:45, archived)

Flapping your hands about is scary?

( CowJam, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 20:54, archived)

It can be...
only in that some jobs are really hard and and I can be totally unprepared, and might be shit and not understand what anyone is saying and the Deaf people might not understand me and the other interpreter might think I am rubbish, *sweats* and one job made me cry today because it was so sad.
Only in that way.
( Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 20:59, archived)

awww
*hugs*

I never realised it could be so hard.
( CowJam, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 21:00, archived)

that's ok
most of us feel totally inept in this job and often feel a lack of confidence, it usually works out OK. :-D
But yes, there are sad times for other people sometimes..
( Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 21:12, archived)

are you saying that deaf people have better language skills than you?

( mongychops, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 21:00, archived)

I don't believe I was making that comparison.
and it's Deaf not deaf.
( Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 21:09, archived)

Why's that then?

( magnum, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 21:18, archived)

Why's what?

( Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 21:25, archived)

Deaf rather than deaf
Seems a bit patronising to give it a capital letter, not sure the blinds or the limping do the same
( magnum, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 21:27, archived)

Not really, it's just to differentiate
Deaf people see themselves as a cultural group as they have a shared language, history, experience that is unique. They are a political bunch, who have an identity different from 'deaf' people. Those who can't hear but will probably have English as a first language and are deafened or become hard of hearing at a later age.
The same idea doesn't apply to the blinds or the limping as they generally have a shared culture and language with us hearies.
( Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 21:36, archived)

I think you mean Hearies.
If they get to do it then so do we.
( Aardvark and so at last, I understood, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 21:40, archived)

So what is the definition of
Hearies and hearies?
( Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 21:45, archived)

I don't know, I was being facetious.
Now I feel bad about it.
( Aardvark and so at last, I understood, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 21:48, archived)

AaAaARrRrddDDVVvVVvvvVAaaAaarrRRrKKKKKKkkKkkKkKKKKK!!!!
Stand in the corner and think about what you have done.
( Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 21:52, archived)

I'm thinking about all the things I've done.
*evil grin*
( Aardvark and so at last, I understood, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 21:58, archived)

Thanks for clearing that up.
I'd presumed it was a difference between profoundly deaf and hard of hearing.
( CowJam, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 22:05, archived)

pardon?

( vladimir, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 22:28, archived)

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

( vladimir, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 22:29, archived)

had the deaf person wet themselves and there were no spare pants around?

( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 21:09, archived)

They throw theirs away
after 9 years so they were sadly lacking in the pants department.
( Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 21:14, archived)

poor deafos, not having the joy of cotton that cups the buttocks like a loving friend

( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 21:17, archived)

It's discriminatory
against old pants is what it is..
( Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 21:21, archived)