Timeline for Everyone believes everything Joe says. How can he get around it?
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| Aug 13, 2019 at 9:16 | comment | added | nalply | Deaf person here. With family and friends I talk in a local Signed Language (not ASL). I find your solution very clever. However first, the super power will now work on Deaf people. In other words, your answer is discriminating and offensive. I think you should acknowledge this and apologize to the Deaf people. Then second, amend the title to: «... and never speak orally». After all Joe will still be speaking, just a Signed Language. Take care! | |
| Dec 16, 2015 at 23:35 | history | edited | Ahriman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
There's like around 137 (and probably more) sign languages. Would be a same to claim that they're all the same!
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| Dec 16, 2015 at 23:18 | comment | added | Kimball | @Ahriman I tend to adopt a looser approach to the language you're using - it's not uncommon to find written language expressed as, e.g., "he [said/spoke/talked] in his diary". In my social context this pattern is commonly extended to signed languages. It's all down to interpretation though, and yours is just as valid! On a public service note - could you make it clearer there is more than one sign language in your answer (e.g. "Learn a sign language...")? I can think of several interpreters who would thank you! | |
| Dec 16, 2015 at 13:37 | history | edited | Ahriman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Expanded when & why he still needs to talk.
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| Dec 16, 2015 at 6:34 | comment | added | Kimball | @Ahriman I think we differ in our use/understanding of words! You open with, "Learn sign language and never speak", which seems like a non-starter to me - why learn a sign language but never speak it? Indistinguishable from a vow of silence. Unrelated: what's a disability proof and why does he need it? I can access a range of courses for my local sign language with relatively minimal barriers (money, mostly). | |
| Dec 16, 2015 at 6:12 | history | edited | Ahriman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Clarified sign language
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| Dec 16, 2015 at 2:55 | comment | added | Kimball | This just changes the problem domain. A more generic answer might be "learn a different language", which doesn't seem terribly useful? The subtext here might be "learn a language with fewer speakers", but the logical conclusion there is quite similar to a vow of silence, i.e., unable to communicate. | |
| Dec 15, 2015 at 18:20 | comment | added | Ellesedil | This was the idea I had as well. Nice to see someone already thought of it. Communicating via sign language is something plenty of otherwise normal people (whatever that means) do. | |
| Dec 13, 2015 at 0:22 | history | edited | Brythan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Word choice.
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| Dec 13, 2015 at 0:15 | comment | added | YviDe | I think the OP excludes that with "doesn't want to take a vow of silence". I think it's probably his best bet, though. | |
| Dec 12, 2015 at 18:43 | history | answered | Ahriman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |