She learnt it by by feeling people's mouths as they speak, or "lip reading" via touch if you will.

@Semaphore Wrong, she did not learn how to understand English by lip reading. That's how she learned how to speak. And also, please stop editing my questions and deleting tags. I'm almost certain that this belongs in both tags of United-States and 20th-century.

It taught her what the words sounded like which is a form of "understand English". If you are asking about something else, you did not make it clear. Sullivan's work with Keller is noted in Wikipedia, you should at least explain why it didn't answer your question. And this question has absolutely nothing to do with United States or 20th century history.

@Semaphore And why not? This took place both in United States and during the 20th century.

Because it is not a question on the history of the United States or history of the 20th century.

@Semaphore and why not? How is this not a question of the history of the United States or 20th century? This is honestly dependent on the person, and you can interpret as you wish.

Hello.

Why do you think this is about the United States

Because it is history based in the United States.

no it isn't

how so?

it is about one person

that's it

it is barely history

So if it's about one person it's barely even history and doesn't qualify?

it has nothing to do with the country

It has alot to do.

Feel free to back up that claim.

And as well as her living in the 20th century, I don't see at all how that is unrelated.

No

go baCK

"It has alot to do."

HOW does it "has a lot do to"

One sec.

Helen Keller proved there are no handicaps to a person of determination and intelligence. Most people thought she was beyond hope, but 60 years earlier another blind dead girl, Laura Bridgman, had been taught to read with raised letter books called Braille. Etc etc etc.

none of that has anything to do with the United States

She was a remarkable women, and was praised in the United States.

your question is about how she learnt english

no.

that has nothing to with the united states praising her

My question is how she understand English.

same difference

that still has nothing to do with the united states

You're just spewing bullshit to waste my time

Why would I care to waste your time?

Explain your reasons as why you think this doesn't belong in the United States tag and the 20th century tag. It happened during that time, and at that place.

Already told you

All you state is that it has nothing to do

because it doesn't

does your question even mention the uniteed states?

location is not a tag

also, she learnt english in the 1890s and 1880s

True, I'll add a 19th century tag to it.

Sigh

The United States of America is a nation-state stretching across North America between Canada and Mexico, plus Alaska in the continent's northwest, the mid-Pacific archipelago of Hawaii and several territories in the Pacific & Caribbean. Founded by European émigrés rebelling from British control in the 1700s, the US spread across the continent by conquest and land-purchase to become the most powerful country on the planet after the Cold War in the 1900s.

That tag infers location.

No

that tag tells you what the united states is

How so?

your question is not about the united states

your question is about hellen keller

therefore it shouldn't use the US tag

It was based in the United States, as where the action took place.

irrelevant

How so?

that hellen keller also lived in the united states, is not pertinent to how she learn english

Why is your way the only way to use tags?

its not my way, its how we're suppseod to use tags

says who?

reference?

go look at the rest of the united states tag question

What do you want me too see?

the kind of question that gets tagged united states

if you disagree with this then go make a post on meta

Out of this entire conversation you have failed to explain why I can't use the US tag like this, and only say it has nothing to do with it.

I explained it several times, you just refuse to listen

the question is not about us history

Nice, downvote my posts and un-upvote my questions.

that it is about a person who happened to live in the united states is irrelevant

i didn't un-upvote any of your question

and it is you who have completely failed to explain why this is about united states history

thanks for wasting everyone's time

Thanks for making us end on bad terms.

Ah yes, vindicative unaccepting answer

you're the one who chose to create the bad terms

Your the one who downvoted 10 of my posts

Apart from losing 30 from you unaccepting and 20 from you unupvoting me, i hadn't lost rep today

I guess there's a system bug where I downvote you without rep

/rolleyes

LOL

your kidding right?

you don't lose rep for downvoting questions...

and there's nothing wrong with my prohibition answer, thanks very much

there's not.

It's just that T.E.D

has a better one,

no he doesn't

and i meant thanks for the downvote

also, you dont have 10 questions to be downvoted

which is a good thing for the site considering the quality of them

funny...

2k+ people disagree with you

lol

removed?

too late

I already reported you..

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It shows your immaturity.

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