# Creating Deaf Children?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-deaf-children/101865>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 4, 2002, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-deaf-children/101865 "2002-04-04T21:17:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-deaf-children/101865/101 "2002-04-12T12:11:37Z")

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Braille is not a different language and never has been claimed to be for the simple reason that it is a tactile representation of already existing languages. It’s a different _manner_ of transmitting the _letters_ used to represent the language. The word “cat” in English Braille is still pronounced “cat” and means the same thing as the very same word written in the English alphabet used by the sighted.

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