[il-talk] Scott McIntyre
Connie J. Davis
condav8950 at att.net
Sun Apr 19 13:42:29 UTC 2009
Thanks, Edwin. Bob is entitled to his opinions, too. I've noticed that, in an attempt to be politically correct, we sometimes adopt terms that seem a bit unusual.
Connie
----- Original Message -----
From: Edwin Rodriguez
To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 3:41 AM
Subject: Re: [il-talk] Scott McIntyre
Connie,
I agree with you it does sound strange to me to hear the term "sightless"
after being used to hearing "blind"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Connie J. Davis" <condav8950 at att.net>
To: "NFB of Illinois Mailing List" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [il-talk] Scott McIntyre
> Bob, I am entitled to my opinions and to express them. I'm not asking you
> or anyone else to embrace them. The last I heard we were still living in
> a democracy.
> Connie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert A. Hansen
> To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List
> Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 8:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [il-talk] Scott McIntyre
>
>
> Open your mind Connie. Listen to different stuff.
>
>
> Hey by the way all, I like my new digs over here b y NEIU. Awesome not
> having to get up early for stupid buses and dumb trains just to go to
> class with a hangover.
>
> Hey, I took a linguistics course. We talked about language. Play
> with the language and have fun.
>
>
>
> Mr. H
>
>
>
>
>
> Connie J. Davis wrote:
> > I guess I've gotten so accustomed to the word blind, that sightless
> sort surprised me. I never think of us in terms of sightless.
> > Connie
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Edwin Rodriguez
> > To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List
> > Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 9:54 AM
> > Subject: Re: [il-talk] Scott McIntyre
> >
> >
> > What was interesting about the term sightless for you?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Connie Davis" <condav8950 at att.net>
> > To: "NFB of Illinois Mailing List" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Cc: <iabs-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 8:02 PM
> > Subject: [il-talk] Scott McIntyre
> >
> >
> > Scott McIntyre, who was the blind contestant on American Idol is due
> to be
> > interviewed on the Big Show on WPLJ out of New York tomorrow morning.
> The
> > hosts of that show are Scott Shannon and Todd Pettagill. Scott also
> hosts a
> > channel called True Oldies, which streams out of our own WLS in
> Chicago. He
> > called Scott McIntyre sightless the other day. I found his
> terminology
> > interesting. We can find this broadcast streamed at www.plj.com from
> 5 a.m
> > to 9a.m tomorrow morning. They also have podcasts. It might be
> interesting
> > to see how they deal with his blindness. I would listen myself, but I
> will
> > be on northbound train for Chicago tomorrow morning. I may try to
> catch the
> > podcast.
> > Connie Davis
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