Poey complains that my textblog is boring and lacks emotions, and I think she is right! So I will try to write my blog in Chinese sometimes, to see if I can write better in my native language. Here is my first short post in Chinese, composed while I am still learning to type.

學中文打字， 讓我想起中文字的奇妙結構。列如《盲》這個字，由《亡》和《目》兩個字組合而成。大約是《死了眼睛》的意思，簡單直接。近年社會為了尊重盲人，特地創造了《失明》這個詞語。《聾》字有《耳》、《啞》字有《口》、《跛》字有《足》。 這些簡單直接的字也漸漸被取代，要用什麼《聽覺障礙》等才算正確。 其實《盲》字本身沒有負面意義，反而《失明》照字面的意思是《失去光明》， 略帶失落感。《聾》字中立，《聽覺障礙》中的《障礙》卻是貶義的。

不管怎樣稱呼，最重要還是真正的尊重，不要歧視身體有殘疾的人。

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