Makey-uppy sign language

Fishyfreak · 11-12-2013 01:54PM #1

Was it wrong to laugh at this. What a chancer! :eek:

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/africa/man-doing-sign-language-at-mandela-s-memorial-service-was-a-fake-1.1624262

CardBordWindow · 11-12-2013 02:00PM

I saw him on the news, and said to the OH that it was a great idea to have someone signing for it!
Now I'm embarrassed!

danniemcq · 11-12-2013 02:04PM

CardBordWindow wrote: »

I saw him on the news, and said to the OH that it was a great idea to have someone signing for it!
Now I'm embarrassed!

They shoulda got the one they had for Wu Tang

http://gawker.com/wu-tang-clan-had-an-asl-interpreter-at-bonnaroo-and-she-516296364

Daqster · 11-12-2013 02:10PM

People always condemn chancers until Leonardo Di Caprio plays them in a movie.

Hope he made a few quid out of it somehow.

This guy was one of my fav chancers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfg-5l_z7yc

HomelessMidge · 11-12-2013 02:10PM

Could they not have asked an actual deaf South African to do this? I think there would be more than one qualified person happy to do this?

murpho999 · 11-12-2013 02:11PM

HomelessMidge wrote: »

Could they not have asked an actual deaf South African to do this? I think there would be more than one qualified person happy to do this?

They did ask but he couldn't hear them!

snubbleste · 11-12-2013 02:12PM

HomelessMidge wrote: »

Could they not have asked an actual deaf South African to do this? I think there would be more than one qualified person happy to do this?

How would he hear the speech and translate to sign

SEPT 23 1989 · 11-12-2013 02:13PM

that funeral seems to have been a bit of a shambles

lucky333 · 11-12-2013 02:15PM

Hahaha hilarious, maybe they had a sign language person ready and at the last second got a dose of the runs and this guy saved the day by stepping and giving it a shot..

weisses · 11-12-2013 02:18PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbaJvusDtD4

I still cannot make out what they are trying to say

Banjo String · 11-12-2013 02:18PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

that funeral seems to have been a bit of a shambles

I agree.

Hopefully his 'other funeral' on Sunday goes a bit better.

danniemcq · 11-12-2013 02:20PM

snubbleste wrote: »

How would he hear the speech and translate to sign

obviously they would have someone sign the speech to them

biko · 11-12-2013 02:20PM

Fishyfreak wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/africa/man-doing-sign-language-at-mandela-s-memorial-service-was-a-fake-1.1624262

What's up with the need to change the original font? I can clearly see a link in normal font.

On topic:
What a scammer, must be from Nigeria

Although he looks more South African.

Jimmy444 · 11-12-2013 02:24PM

Well that explains a lot. I was watching it and wondering how on earth he was conveying so much information with so few gestures. At the time I put it down to my ignorance of sign language.

scotchy · 11-12-2013 02:27PM

Well I understood him.

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Daqster · 11-12-2013 02:29PM

Daqster wrote: »

People always condemn chancers until Leonardo Di Caprio plays them in a movie.

Hope he made a few quid out of it somehow.

Yeah, he got a few million for the part I heard.

Duggy747 · 11-12-2013 02:30PM

On a different note, I always wondered why the BBC had sign language included in their programmes after 2am. That's when you knew you were up too late.

Are deaf people nocturnal or................vampires?

Scarinae · 11-12-2013 02:42PM

Some news sites are saying that nobody knows who this random man is, but the Guardian says that he's been used for ANC events before

Members of South Africa's deaf community have previously raised concerns about the interpreter, who has been used at other African National Congress events. During his apperance on Tuesday, Wilma Newhoudt-Druchen, the first deaf woman to be elected to the South African parliament tweeted: "ANC-linked interpreter on the stage with dep president of ANC is signing rubbish. He cannot sign. Please get him off."

Sauve · 11-12-2013 02:46PM

danniemcq wrote: »

obviously they would have someone sign the speech to them

How would that person know what to say?

TomCleverly · 11-12-2013 02:48PM

Sauve wrote: »

How would that person know what to say?

You don't have to be deaf to use sign langauge :rolleyes:

green123 · 11-12-2013 02:53PM

its the same old story, its who you know rather than what you know.

whoever was in charge of hiring someone to do this gave the job to a friend or a friend of a friend as a favour without actually checking any qualifications.

i dont blame the chancer, i blame the person who hired him

SuperSean11 · 11-12-2013 02:53PM

danniemcq wrote: »

They shoulda got the one they had for Wu Tang

http://gawker.com/wu-tang-clan-had-an-asl-interpreter-at-bonnaroo-and-she-516296364

That is brilliant

[-0-] · 11-12-2013 02:58PM

Did those responsible really think they'd get away with it? C'mon like.

Scarinae · 11-12-2013 03:05PM

[-0-] wrote: »

Did those responsible really think they'd get away with it? C'mon like.

He's been used at ANC events before, so evidently they have got away with it in the past. It's possible that whoever hired him was duped and thinks he genuinely knows sign language. It's also possible that he's the brother, son or nephew of someone influential and got a lucrative job he isn't qualified for.

SEPT 23 1989 · 11-12-2013 03:07PM

maybe that's why the crowd were booing the president

fake hands was signalling bold things behind his back

Dolbert · 11-12-2013 03:08PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmSpryiwo20

SuperSean11 · 11-12-2013 03:08PM

Duggy747 wrote: »

On a different note, I always wondered why the BBC had sign language included in their programmes after 2am. That's when you knew you were up too late.

Are deaf people nocturnal or................vampires?