DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, November 14, 2013
-- deaf Thomas Edison's invention helped him find love
Thomas Edison is famous for his nearly 1,100 patents
(electricity, movie camera, phonograph, etc). He was
very deaf (did not know ASL) and many people found it
difficult to communicate with him. He fell in love
with a woman, Mina, and wanted to marry her. In order
to communicate with Mina, he invented the telegraph
machine. They used the Morse Code to communicate
with each other and they got married.
-- Chinese lanterns, lamp shades, window flowers, etc
Sometimes when we go to restaurants, galleries, museums,
etc, we see lanterns, lamp shades, window flowers, etc
made out of paper. It requires expert paper cutting
with scissors and razors. The Anhui Yangkaiyuan Paper
Cutting Company is one of these famous Chinese paper
cutting companies. A group of people working with that
company are deaf and are considered valuable paper cutters!
-- Uncle Scrooge is defeated!
We hate Uncle Scrooges, these cheap-skates and
miserable people. It was a tradition with a deaf
choir to perform their annual Holiday Season sign songs
at Trafalgar Square in London. It is one of London's
most famous public squares. Anyway Uncle Scrooge
(the London City hall) said no more sign songs
because it requires the use of a Public Announcement
system. The public screamed with outrage, forcing
Uncle Scrooge to back off and to allow the Deaf
Choir to perform.
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