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The current and most popular denotation of dumb as "stupid" (e.g., She's so dumb she can't even figure out her answering machine) refers not at all to speech but reflects the (erroneous) connotation that persons with speech disabilities are intellectually inferior.
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The erroneous S.& P.
This is totally erroneous.
But they are also erroneous.
"The connotation, mainly, is crime".
"Basement has an ugly connotation".
The proper connotation is Joe Sixpack.
It has a valedictory connotation.
It happens to be erroneous.
"It has that connotation of being bad".
His arguments are erroneous and sloppy.
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