- From: John Colby <John.Colby@uce.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 15:14:30 +0100
- To: "Randal Rust" <randalrust@gmail.com>, "WAI-IG" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Just think of the word 'gay' and its correct usage and current bending - crack, dope, hash, speed, black coffee, spin, any number of such words. I'm with Randal on this one where we must explore both the use and context. Remove any possible or assumes ambiguity and language suffers. As an example, let's say that the word dumb is 'outlawed'. Do we then have future readers of older literature then getting the wrong impression when they read? Consider the Victorian lady in a novel (I think, but can't remember the reference - was quoted to me several years ago) - is something like: "I have been intimate with Mr *** daily and have had intercourse with him on several occasions" Meaning "I say hello when we meet and sometimes stop for a chat" All I'm saying, on this Friday afternoon, is that words have meaning, but sometimes to elicit their meaning they have to be taken in context. John John Colby Lecturer, Department of Computing, The Business School, Room F328a, Feeney Building, University of Central England, Franchise Street, Perry Barr, Birmingham B42 2SU Tel: +44 (0) 121 331 6937 Essential Website - http://essential.tbs.uce.ac.uk -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Randal Rust Sent: 07 October 2005 14:31 To: WAI-IG Subject: Re: Accessibility for Deaf By no means am I condoning or criticizing the word. My issue lies completely with saying that the word always means a particular thing, regardless of context. -- Randal Rust www.r2communications.com
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