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		mbg721 on Dec 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initi... I heard it used in the non-vocal sense once in a Perry Mason episode, and it took me a minute or two to realize what they meant.

8ytecoder on Dec 20, 2022 [–]

I grew up with the phrase “deaf and dumb” and it did not once occur to me the other meaning of dumb in the context of this phrase or similar “non-vocal” context. But ever since someone corrected me that’s all I can think.

mbg721 on Dec 20, 2022 | [–]

Yeah, I heard "blind, deaf, and dumb", but never in actual context until then.

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