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Previously on "39 year old woman hears for the first time"

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  • EternalOptimist
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    If I knew her, I'd organise a whip round for tickets to the Kate Bush concert

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    I was thinking that. How come someone who was deaf from birth had a Geordie accent like her mum??? That bit doesn't make sense.
    Genes.

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  • MarillionFan
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    Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
    How do you have a Geordie accent if you've never heard a sound??
    I was thinking that. How come someone who was deaf from birth had a Geordie accent like her mum??? That bit doesn't make sense.

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  • mudskipper
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    How do you have a Geordie accent if you've never heard a sound??

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    I've never accused a fellow poster of being a fiddler.

    HTH
    Why not?

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    I accept that is certainly at suity's end of the spectrum, but there is no harm in trying to lift standards now and again.

    And while it is perfectly acceptable to be offensive to each other and about those in a position of power, is there really any need for suity to behave like such a vile excuse for a human being?
    I've never accused a fellow poster of being a fiddler.

    HTH

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
    WHS. Misspelling Mich is unforgivable.

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  • mudskipper
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    ... is there really any need for suity to behave like such a vile excuse for a human being?
    WHS. Misspelling Mich is unforgivable.

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post
    OG I would have thought that by now you would have realised that this thread fits perfectly within the spectrum of what "general" stands for.
    I accept that is certainly at suity's end of the spectrum, but there is no harm in trying to lift standards now and again.

    And while it is perfectly acceptable to be offensive to each other and about those in a position of power, is there really any need for suity to behave like such a vile excuse for a human being?

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  • DodgyAgent
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    Why do you feel the need to objectify this woman within the context of what is actually an interesting story from a scientific and personal interest angle?
    OG I would have thought that by now you would have realised that this thread fits perfectly within the spectrum of what "general" stands for.

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    Exactly, vetran. Nice to have some other reasonable people around here.

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    I saw that and thought, how nice. I must admit I never thought 'Would Mich' maybe Suity is just more of a sexual animal than the rest of us?
    Exactly, vetran. Nice to have some other reasonable people around here.

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  • vetran
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    I saw that and thought, how nice. I must admit I never thought 'Would Mich' maybe Suity is just more of a sexual animal than the rest of us?

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
    WHS, and indeed objectifying men too, as if men are incapable of displaying compassion, genuine scentific interest or pleasure at the fact that a deaf person could be treated and provided such joy by modern medicine.
    In the quiet words of the virgin Mary, "Come again?"?

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  • Mich the Tester
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    Why do you feel the need to objectify this woman within the context of what is actually an interesting story from a scientific and personal interest angle?
    WHS, and indeed objectifying men too, as if men are incapable of displaying compassion, genuine scentific interest or pleasure at the fact that a deaf person could be treated and provided such joy by modern medicine.

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