![]() ![]() (used with a plural verb) deaf persons collectively (usually prec. True, it is often used as an adjective, but if you go to, you will see a noun definition reading thus: The Black people and Deaf people have similar problems. How about BLACKHOOD? The African Americans would not use BLACKHOOD because it is not a English word. We can mention problems that deaf people confront. ![]() ![]() ![]() We need to create something in place of DEAFHOOD. I do not follow people because they say so. We cannot use the word because Paddy said so. In other words deafhood is not acceptable in English because it does not follow the English rule….hood added to a NOUN, NOT ADJECTIVE. Should he use deafhood in place of deafness? No because deafhood is not a English word. He is deaf himself yet he used the word deafness. President of Gallaudet University Bob Davila used the word deafness ( sign deaf and sign down for ness). Paddy tried to use deafhood in place of deafness. We have to invent the word in place of deaf to add the hood. Therefore the hood( suffix) cannot add to the word deaf because the word deaf is not a noun. Childhood is about being a child.ĭeafhood is about being a deaf ? The “hood” is the suffix added to a noun to form another nown. Is Deafhood in the dictionary? Absolutely not! He mentioned that deafhood is a English word. I respect anyone’s comment but I have a right to disagree with Paddy. ![]()
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