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Anon falls in love (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 23 hours ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] AlexanderESmith@social.alexanderesmith.com 18 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Hears her Mom for the first time... which means she's never heard words before... how the fuck does she know what "I love you, please marry me" is supposed to mean? It's just a jumble of new, incomprehensible sounds...

Being able to read and write doesn't mean you can understand spoken language, or speak.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 13 points 18 hours ago

Deaf people know how to read lips to understand people who don't know sign language. Also "hears for the first time" might be an embelishment in the story - lots of people are partially deaf and can hear something, just not enough to understand the words and they revert to lip reading.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 7 points 18 hours ago

Deaf people aren't necessarily mute, and can often "hear" their own voice.

[–] gnutard@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

My relative is deaf and can read lips really well.