ASL vs SEE: "I Wanna F********!"

27.02.2011
[Part 3/3 of ASL vs SEE] Lip reading is NOT an effective form of communication! At most, only 30% of the English language is distinguishable on the lips. Far too many hearing individuals equate the ability to speak with intelligence. Far too many deaf individuals equate the ability to speak with intelligence. Far too many Deaf individuals let their intelligence be equated with the ability to speak. Far too many hearing individuals are equivocal about their ability and intelligence. I consider myself an expert lip-reader, however, expert in this case means a 30% achievement rate alongside a 70% failure rate. There is nothing expert about failing 70% of the time. So I guess, "expert lip-reader," is an oxymoron. When I believe I can rely solely on lip-reading I become an expert of failure. Lip-reading: In a sentence of 10 words -- I understand only 3. Using λ to denote λ: The linguistic lamda of lip-reading is the Greek value of: λ (%). Using synonyms of failure to describe systems of failure, because: failure begets failure. [Lambda (λ) denotes the *failure rate* of devices and systems in reliability theory. In Greek numerals λ has a value of 30.]

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