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Mandela Memorial: Deaf Interpreter Was 'Fake'
sky.com ^ | 11 December 2013 | SKY News

Posted on 12/11/2013 3:25:38 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

South Africa's deaf federation has confirmed that an interpreter using sign language during the Mandela memorial was a "fake".

Concerns over the male interpreter had been raised by deaf people watching the service at Johannesburg's FNB Stadium on Tuesday.

Bruno Druchen, national director of the Deaf Federation of South Africa, said the unidentified man who was on stage alongise world leaders including US President Barack Obama, "was moving his hands around but there was no meaning in what he used his hands for".

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KEYWORDS: nelsonmandela; southafrica
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To: SampleMan

It would be pretty BASIC, as I see it.


42 posted on 12/11/2013 4:53:21 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

43 posted on 12/11/2013 4:57:23 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
But he was a founding member of the International Happy Hands Club!


44 posted on 12/11/2013 5:03:38 AM PST by Mygirlsmom (Washington: "I cannot tell a lie". Obama: "I cannot tell.....I lie")
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To: oblomov; All

He’s too busy trying to survive on TV sitcoms playing bit parts...

I really think they need to have a reunion show for those who are still around from the hey days of SNL...And not mention the stoopid goobers they have on the cast (show)now...

Chevy Chase, Dan Akroyd, Jane Curtain, Garrett Morris, et. al. that genre of performers were classic and priceless...Ithink they might even be able to drag Steve Martin in to guest host the show(s)...Maybe even Robin Williams...

That stuff was funny raght thar, I don care who ya arre!!!


45 posted on 12/11/2013 5:05:03 AM PST by stevie_d_64 (It's not the color of one's skin that offends people...it's how thin it is.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Could this “memorial service” have been any less classy?


46 posted on 12/11/2013 5:07:24 AM PST by grania
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To: Ann Archy
It would be pretty BASIC, as I see it.

I like the idea of basic universal sign language, but that would have the effect of decreasing its usefulness.

My experience is that you can learn hundreds of nouns, verbs, and adjectives in a foreign launguage without a lot of effort, but the communication provided is extremely basic. It gets you through the daily necessities (food, lodging, purchasing), but a real conversation involving concepts is impossible. To really catch on, a universal sign language would have to be robust enough to explain a persons medical symptoms, tell jokes, etc.

47 posted on 12/11/2013 5:09:29 AM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

This may have been the first international gathering where TWO current Kenyan presidents were in attendance!


48 posted on 12/11/2013 5:11:18 AM PST by USMA '71 ((Re-elect no one!))
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To: Ann Archy

As a side note, I think we’ll have truly effective electronic translators in the not too distant future.

Text translation is already making remarkable leaps, and in a way, text is a sign language.

Verbal recognition has a ways to go, but I think its doable. Keeping in mind that people of the same language and dialect don’t always understand what the other is trying to say.


49 posted on 12/11/2013 5:13:12 AM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

It’s the thought that counts so each person must find their own meaning in the hand movements and interpret it as they must.


50 posted on 12/11/2013 5:19:10 AM PST by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Will Garrett Morris please pick up the courtesy phone


51 posted on 12/11/2013 5:19:52 AM PST by NonValueAdded (It's not the penalty, it's the lack of coverage on 1 Jan. Think about it.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Most of the people there were fakes including the guest of honor so this is no surprise.


52 posted on 12/11/2013 5:21:49 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: PGR88
The ‘fake’ sign language interpreter at the Madiba memorial did not even know the recognised sign for South Africa, writes Charl du Plessis The Mandela memorial’s “fake” sign language interpreter is the same interpreter about whom the deaf community had complained to the ANC as early as mid-2012.
53 posted on 12/11/2013 5:25:51 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Revelation 6:10)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Looks like they asked the beard to take the picture and she said no.


54 posted on 12/11/2013 5:26:57 AM PST by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Maybe he was signing in French.


55 posted on 12/11/2013 5:28:20 AM PST by Excellence (All your database are belong to us.)
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To: stevie_d_64

Yeh, it’s sad to see Morris so underappreciated.

The current cast of SNL isn’t very funny, and there have been only a few bright spots on the show in the past decade.

Andy Samberg typifies the dull humor: “Oh, he’s doing/saying something anti-social. Funny!”

Will Ferrell is the Owen Wilson of comedy. The same self-unaware character being reconstituted everywhere.

Another example is Bill Hader’s “Stefon” character. Are we supposed to be accepting of flamboyantly gay people, or laugh at them? Laughing at them on the small screen is an option for bien pensant liberals, I guess.

I realize that none of these three are on the show any longer, but they set the template that is being followed.


56 posted on 12/11/2013 5:32:01 AM PST by oblomov
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To: voicereason

> Fake interpreter for a fake President.

Beat me to it...: )


57 posted on 12/11/2013 5:37:55 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: Excellence
👍👌👏✋
58 posted on 12/11/2013 6:02:54 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Revelation 6:10)
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To: oblomov
Where’s Garrett Morris when we need him?

I loved the bit they did when Carter was on doing the "Pepsi Syndrome" 3 mile island skit.

59 posted on 12/11/2013 6:17:14 AM PST by showme_the_Glory (ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
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To: oblomov

Curious, I looked - he’s now doing a TV show on CBS.
And he’s not dead.


60 posted on 12/11/2013 6:21:58 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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