Posted on 12/11/2013 2:24:21 AM PST by sunmars
The sign language interpreter used at Nelson Mandela's football stadium memorial was a fake, it was claimed this morning.
Braam Jordaan, a deaf South African and board member of the World Deaf Federation, said he believes the interpreter was making up signs as he went along.
"The structure of his hand, facial expressions and the body movements did not follow what the speaker was saying", Mr Jordaan said.
Mr Jordaan claimed the man, who signed for a portion of the ceremony including Barack Obama's speech, was simply making up his own signs.
(Excerpt) Read more at standard.co.uk ...
Everything about this jerk is a charade.
The only gesture of the day of any significance was the much heralded "selfie" by the usual classless, narcissistic suspect.
I got a little suspicious when he signaled “Intentional Grounding” while the current President of South Africa was speaking.
We have a fake president and they had a fake messiah so what is a fake sign language guy.
Fake signer for a Fake leader.
I heard the guy was a former 3rd base coach.
‘Fake’ deaf Mandela signer had ‘schizophrenic episode’
http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-memorial-sign-language-interpreter-39-fraud-39-004855924.html
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