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Translated: What the Mandela Signer Was really Saying
By Speed Read
The Telegraph
December 11, 2013
By Speed Read
The Telegraph
December 11, 2013
Sign language experts have tried to make sense of the signer at the memorial service to Nelson Mandela.
It was, they say, nonsense. We asked around, but they all insisted there was no sense whatsoever to be drawn from his hands, much like decoding unreadable doctors' handwriting.
The only gesture which remotely made sense was this...
...which means child, according to the experts.
But where the experts failed, the amateur sign linguists triumphed.
And now the mysterious hand signals can be decoded in full.
Translation: "I'm just a random chancer! Shhh! Don't let on!"
Translation: "Look, I'm not *completely* talentless. I can pat my head and rub my tummy at the same time."
Translation: "Blimey, this speech isn't half dragging on. Anyone got a fag?"
Translation: "Come on, let's get this party started! Big fish, little fish, cardboard box!"
Translation: "I know these speeches are dull, but never mind, apparently Kiss are coming on in a minute."