If you were about to talk to someone who was of high power, who was highly intelligent, hot, etc. and when you talked to them they had a speech impedement would you think,"oh great," or something like that? Would you think of them as a hillbilly? I really would like to know people's thoughts on this. If there's sexists, racists, bias, prejudice, is there something like this too?
2006-06-26 19:17:28 · 14 answers · asked by GrnEyedGurl 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Apparently, some people are thinking I'm referring to what I do when I first hear an adult with a speech impedement. Actually, I know people who do act smarter, or better, and people who have them, and I think it's really sad and horrible for them to do. I just wanted to know other's opinions. And I have nothing against southern people or hillbillies. I was wondering if that's what you thought of when you did hear them.
2006-06-26 19:32:30 · update #1
'Actually, I know people who do act smarter, or better, and people who have them'...I meant smarter or better towards people who have them...
2006-06-26 19:33:54 · update #2
No but I do notice everytime they talk that there speech is differnet. Helen Keller was blind and death.
2006-06-26 19:29:45 · answer #1 · answered by LadyRedWild 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When someone hears someone speak with style different from his/her own listening experience, a physical response is to be wary. Your mind then interprets that wariness in many ways. Your environment, upbringing, etc., may influence your mental interpretation (e.g., sexist, racist, prejudice). If you find that you think poorly of a person you can change that attitude, be curious rather than critical. For example many people may find a "foreign accent" attractive and a speech impediment unattractive. One can train the mental process to one of objective curiosity rather than appraisal. No reason to be so judgmental, but it takes work to be objective.
2006-06-26 19:29:53 · answer #2 · answered by cranura 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, in fact I would have the highest respect because of the things you know they had to endure in life. My stepbrother had a basketball accident in junior high, and has a drawl. He sounds German when he talks, which is funny, because my stepdads family is from Germany. I also met a family when my baby was in NICU and the father had a stutter. I felt better after talking to him all the time, because it makes you stop and actually listen and value conversation instead of talking incessantly in a hurry.
2006-06-26 19:23:35 · answer #3 · answered by PerfeclyImperfect 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all , I had one all the way into sixth grade ( everyone said I sounded like I was from New Jersey ). Mine was due to never being able to talk when my speech was at its crucial developing point . All that really matters to me when talking to someone is the conversation its self and WHAT the person says during it is all that determines whether or not they gain my respect .
2006-06-26 19:30:59 · answer #4 · answered by shellers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, there are many reasons for speech impedements, and they are generally beyond that person's control. I prefer to listen to what the person is saying to make a judgement call on them, not what it sounds like when they say it.
2006-06-26 19:24:29 · answer #5 · answered by Bratfeatures 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't. Unfortunately so many people do. I think sometimes that I try too hard to accept them, which makes your concern seems just as fake. I have several deaf friends, and one taught me most of the sign language I know. She still laughs at me because the signs for empty and naked are very close, and I ALWAYS get them confused.
2006-06-26 19:23:07 · answer #6 · answered by jstanotherqwtchic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel bad for the person, I know what it's like to live with a disability. Mine's physical and invisible most of the time but as soon as another person finds out they treat me differently. It makes me mad inside but I hide it because I know that's what pretty much everybody does. It's human nature I guess.
2006-06-26 19:33:05 · answer #7 · answered by peach_campbell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Would you think of them as a hillbilly?"
Do you consider southern accents a speech inpedement? If so, how are they any different than other accents?
2006-06-26 19:28:23 · answer #8 · answered by theswitch3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There are many reasons for speech impediment - maybe physical. Why think less of them.
2006-06-26 19:22:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I tend to feel stupid myself since I have hearing problems to begin with and then I have to get them to repeat themselves since a speech impediment normally makes it harder to understand them.
2006-06-27 06:31:39 · answer #10 · answered by Kitty T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋