Me: what is this? "Angel". (shows various angels)
Student: No! Me Angel (that is his name, after all...)
Me: You are the name Angel, this is an angel.
Student: No! Girl (with disgust) No! (adamantly and repeatedly makes a pecking sign)
Me: What's that? (imitates sign)
Student: (peck, peck) Chicken
Me: Chicken? For Christmas?
Student: Christmas chicken (peck, peck) (indicates shooing away)
Me: I don't understand.
Student: CHRISTMAS CHICKEN (peck, peck) (indicates feathered wings on angel)
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
Will you have a Chritmas chicken on top of your tree this year??? Ya gotta love Deaf kids and their perceptions of the world around them!
With their lack of exposure to language and sound, many deaf and hard of hearing students misuse, mispronounce, and misunderstand some common English words...leading to some interesting revelations!
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