Ok so I know I promised I would play with "Through Deaf Eyes" this week. But I found a really cool site.
Deaf and Unemployed in Dubuque: The DiMarcos Remember the Great Depression
by David Shannon
Here is the introduction, the interview was conducted in 1938:
The New Deal launched a series of federal employment programs, including the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which not only provided jobs but also initiated many important studies of the depressionÌs human toll. One such study, published by the WPA Division of Research in 1939, included transcripts of interviews by WPA workers with Dubuque, Iowa, families. The DiMarcos interview revealed that the disabled faced a double challenge during the depression: finding employment while competing for scarce jobs with the able-bodied. The DiMarcos, a deaf couple with a small child, recall in their own words (because they were deaf they had to write responses to the WPA interviewer’s questions), the struggles they endured during six years of unemployment.
I hope you find it as interesting as I did.
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Friday
Thursday
Idioms Thursday
neither here nor there
Cliché of no consequence or meaning; irrelevant and immaterial.
Whether you go to the movie or stay at home is neither here nor there.
Your comment—though interesting—is neither here nor there.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
neither here nor there
if a fact is neither here nor there, it is not important
Whether they go or not is neither here nor there as far as I'm concerned.
Cambridge Idioms Dictionary, 2nd ed. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006. Reproduced with permission.
neither here nor there
not of any importance
Whether we take the train or drive is neither here nor there as far as I'm concerned.
Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006. Reproduced with permission.
I actually got these definitions and usages from idioms.thefreedictionary.com
As I hope you all would agree, I would sign this either DOESN'T-MATTER or UNIMPORTANT.
The first I found at "signingsavvy.com"
The second is the sign for IMPORTANT, then let go of the "F" handshape as if dropping whatever was important. I can't find it in the online dictionaries.
Yet another project for me eh?
Cliché of no consequence or meaning; irrelevant and immaterial.
Whether you go to the movie or stay at home is neither here nor there.
Your comment—though interesting—is neither here nor there.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
neither here nor there
if a fact is neither here nor there, it is not important
Whether they go or not is neither here nor there as far as I'm concerned.
Cambridge Idioms Dictionary, 2nd ed. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006. Reproduced with permission.
neither here nor there
not of any importance
Whether we take the train or drive is neither here nor there as far as I'm concerned.
Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006. Reproduced with permission.
I actually got these definitions and usages from idioms.thefreedictionary.com
As I hope you all would agree, I would sign this either DOESN'T-MATTER or UNIMPORTANT.
The first I found at "signingsavvy.com"
The second is the sign for IMPORTANT, then let go of the "F" handshape as if dropping whatever was important. I can't find it in the online dictionaries.
Yet another project for me eh?
Tuesday
Links Tuesday
Welcome to another Links Tuesday!
This woman is an accomplished actress, writer, director, producer and teacher. If you have the chance to see her one-woman show, "REFLECTIONS OF A BLACK DEAF WOMAN", it will change your life.
This woman is an accomplished actress, writer, director, producer and teacher. If you have the chance to see her one-woman show, "REFLECTIONS OF A BLACK DEAF WOMAN", it will change your life.
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