Would it make sense for “rhyme” to rhyme with “time”?
Or for “through” to rhyme with “two”?
“Deaf” just means that you have such profound hearing loss that you can’t communicate verbally properly, most deaf people do register sound albeit very badly.
I, for instance, have about 75 dB hearing loss, I don’t hear people walking, and barely register high heels on tiles, I don’t hear cars driving either, but I do hear it when they sound the horn; to give an idea of my deafness.
But I do know what spoken languages sound like, and what rhyming means. And how weird English spelling is, compared to its pronunciation. (English is my second/third language after Dutch and DSL, if that matters)
That said, there are people who really can’t hear anything, I know someone who’s ossicles (bones inside the ear, vital for hearing) don’t make contact, he’s never heard anything. He’s aware certain words sound alike and (in Dutch) mostly when their spelt the same, but only because school / people around him told him that.
English, no.
Spanish, sí.
@Snoopy@jlai.lu (Si jamais je t’embête à te pinger à chaque fois que je vois le mot “sourd” n’hésite pas à me le dire.)
Na ça m’embète pas :)
I’m not sure if i understood your question right. I would said hearing the same sound doesn’t appeal me a lot however felling the rythmic drum in my body is powerful.
Ah un français !
Je me suis rendu compte en lisant les réponses que ma question c’est surtout pour ceux qui sont sourds à 100% de naissance, pas malentendants.
Mais est-ce que pour un sourd ça ferait sens que “traîne” et “mène” ça rime ? Parce que mis à part que les deux mots finissent en “ne”, est-ce que c’est “logique” que “aî” et “è” fassent le même son ?
Sourd oraliste de naissance, i manage this community !pi_sourd@jlai.lu :)
Sorry i i reply ya in english as it is an english community. 😅
Well, Deaf people won’t notice it, except if they were earing because it is part of the sound culture. Or if they know how to write and which sound it does. Maybe by reading they can notice the rhymes.
For Deaf, i think the only thing that will matter there are your lips because they will try to decode it and [p] , [b] are the same sound for them. You are moving your lips the same way.
Huh, as someone who became deaf later in life, and thus still have the “internal monologue”, good question!
It’s always so interesting to me that some folks don’t have that internal monologue.
Me and my internal committee thank you for keeping yours going!
I would imagine that if you went deaf after you learned to read, rhymes would continue to make sense.
