English Translation
She has been dumb since birth.
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Technically it’s correct, although I guess a kinder way would be to say “speech impaired,” no?
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It is basically a question for an English forum:
I know that “dumb” has a negative connotation but is “mute” also no longer acceptable?
BTW, we have similar problems in German:
“Doof” means today only “stupid” but the original meaning was “deaf” and I think in Dutch it still is.
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In Dutch “doof” means “deaf” , but I’ve never known it to mean “stupid” like in German. “doof” (from the verb “doven”) could also mean extinguishing something (like a candle/fire). Anyway, this was just in reply to your Dutch query (it might be different in Flemish), but getting a bit off-track from the original query, apologies!
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English Translation
She has been dumb since birth.
@mike! I 100% mastered this sentence and its English translation 2 month ago. Why am I seeing it again?