Deaf Culture
Although deaf people communicate manually rather than orally, their culture and traditions are considered in the same category as oral literature. Stories, jokes and poetry are passed on from person to person with no written medium.
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“I will be deaf to pleading and excuses.
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—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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