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Comment on Is there a word for when someone is not capable of, or doesn't try to understand verbal communication in a language, they are fluent in similar to functionally illiterate but for speech?

lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

“not able” and “refusing” are pretty different qualifiers

To me, “not able to understand” is a capacity gap where the listener doesn’t have the capacity or context to grasp the meaning as delivered

“Refusing” to me sounds like aggravated ignorance either by choice or by defense mechanism

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CubitOom@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
That is fair, however sometimes people use functionally illiterate in both conditions, some I was trying to match that as closely as possible.

I like these terms, but nothing makes it specific to the spoken word. These terms could theoretically be used instead of functionally illiterate.

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