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ridicuLIST: All Deaf People Parties Are Oh-So Quiet

Posted by: Staff Writer on July 16, 2014  |  Comments

Quiet as a mouse. Quiet a sepulchre. Quiet as at anchor in a deaf calm. These are the various analogies that many people may use to describe Deaf people – and their parties. Sometimes this is true – such as at more formal events, daytime picnics, and “voice-off” Deaf Jams. But while poetic, these analogies are, at times, far from the truth.