Return-Path: Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk by arke-pub1.theogony.net with ESMTP id 81677751128690372; Fri, 07 Oct 2005 14:06:12 +0100 Received: from frink.w3.org ([128.30.52.16]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.51 (FreeBSD)) id 1ENrvM-0009cN-AR for Stuart.M.Smith@manchester.ac.uk; Fri, 07 Oct 2005 14:06:12 +0100 Received: from lists by frink.w3.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1ENruu-00021c-DE for w3c-wai-ig-dist@listhub.w3.org; Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:05:40 +0000 Received: from maggie.w3.org ([193.51.208.68]) by frink.w3.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ENrut-00020z-Fv for w3c-wai-ig@listhub.w3.org; Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:05:39 +0000 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.194]) by maggie.w3.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ENruo-00014R-T2 for w3c-wai-ig@w3.org; Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:05:38 +0000 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 71so31216wri for ; Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:05:28 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=nI57whM+7zN2XJmuuWITp4lqllqBWAWnOIPW6uaUzd50PZYjmPw199h8FFpkZY8hzAx4K9tgjjBSGp1T7ttOzY9+dui6eE1kLXD5tgPN8ITLJj4WkOcRHCMzAQ7lR/3MVRhd66rpEJ/p6BEwq10HMn1njBEL6blA2ed8ukQhEDQ= Received: by 10.54.121.14 with SMTP id t14mr2203796wrc; Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:05:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.106.14 with HTTP; Fri, 7 Oct 2005 06:05:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 09:05:28 -0400 From: Randal Rust Reply-To: Randal Rust To: WAI-IG In-Reply-To: <20604451.1128689645424.JavaMail.ocs@arke-pub1.theogony.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20604451.1128689645424.JavaMail.ocs@arke-pub1.theogony.net> Received-SPF: pass (maggie.w3.org: domain of randalrust@gmail.com designates 64.233.184.194 as permitted sender) X-W3C-Hub-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 X-W3C-Scan-Sig: maggie.w3.org 1ENruo-00014R-T2 2ab9a268c2ea26c42e2095b36a4bddf2 X-Original-To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Re: Accessibility for Deaf X-Archived-At: http://www.w3.org/mid/a9caffe50510070605y23ce4e92n43438ebbd27fc4d1@mail.gmail.com Resent-From: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/22816 X-Loop: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Sender: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org Resent-Sender: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org Precedence: list List-Id: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: Resent-Message-Id: Resent-Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:05:40 +0000 X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) X-UoM: Scanned by the University Mail System. See http://www.mcc.ac.uk/cos/email/scanning for details. On 10/7/05, Stuart.M.Smith@manchester.ac.uk wrote: > The term "dumb" cannot be divorced from its "stupid" connotations whateve= r the context, That is absolutely incorrect. Context is precisely what gives words, phrases and sentences their meaning. The term /dumb/ has multiple definitions in the English language which are based on context. That's just the way it is. -- Randal Rust www.r2communications.com