someguy3@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agoDo Sign Languages have puns?message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down11
arrow-up1141arrow-down1message-squareDo Sign Languages have puns?someguy3@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarebleistift2@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·edit-25 months agoThis isn’t replacing a euphemism with another one. Dumb has a completely different meaning that’s not even close to ‘cannot speak’, while ‘mute’ conveys exactly that.
This isn’t replacing a euphemism with another one. Dumb has a completely different meaning that’s not even close to ‘cannot speak’, while ‘mute’ conveys exactly that.