Faking it: a sign of the times

[FluffyMcDeath]

Have you ever wondered what those sign language people who interpret for the deaf at speeches are really saying? Well, so were the deaf people in South Africa at the Nelson Mandela memorial.

 

[Glaucus]

That's definitely a sign of low standards.

 

[metalman]

 

[metalman]

Have you ever wondered what those sign language people who interpret for the deaf at speeches are really saying? Well, so were the deaf people in South Africa at the Nelson Mandela memorial.

Don't they understand Kwanza Sign Language ?

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

Don't they understand Kwanza Sign Language ?

Is Kwanza the guy's name? 'Coz it seems like he has his own private sign language ... but more like a "speaking in tongues" version of sign language.

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[metalman]

Is Kwanza the guy's name? 'Coz it seems like he has his own private sign language ... but more like a "speaking in tongues" version of sign language.

So you're saying he's a Pentecostal?

In an interview, Thamsanqa Jantjie did say he was seeing angels

in the interview he declined to demonstrate his ability to translate sign language

He does do the sign for "salute" quite well

 

[metalman]

Thamsanqa Jantjie the schizophrenic South African sign language interpreter who said he hallucinated during Nelson Mandela’s memorial on Tuesday reportedly has an extensive criminal record, including murder, rape and kidnapping charges.

Even more bizarrely, it was not clear whether the murder charge against Jantjie from 2003 was ever properly resolved because the court file against him is “mysteriously empty,” eNCA reported.

 

[cecilia]

 

[metalman]

 

[metalman]

Fake Mandela Signer in Group That gave 2 men necklaces

The AP was unable to verify the existence of the school where Jantjie said he studied signing for a year. An online search for the school, which Jantjie said was called Komani and located in Eastern Cape Province, turned up nothing. Advocates for the deaf said they have never heard of the school and said there are no known sign language institutes in the province.
The Star newspaper of Johannesburg reported Friday that Jantjie said he studied sign language interpretation in Britain at the "University of Tecturers." A British charity that awards qualifications for deaf and deaf-blind communications techniques said it had never heard of the university.

 

[metalman]

SNL’s ‘President Obama’ Addresses Multiple Nelson Mandela Memorial Controversies

 

[metalman]

Jantjie has worked other gigs on behalf of the African National Congress (ANC), here South African President Zuma leads the singing of “Kill the Boer” at a ANC rally, while Jantjie signs ... randomly

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

I expected better dancing!

 

[metalman]

I expected better dancing!

he sure did an excellent job on the signs for "machine gun" and "run"