As the mystery surrounding the Mandela memorial's "fake" sign language interpreter deepens, at least one question has finally been answered: What the hell Thamsanqa Jantjie was actually signing.
The saga of the "fake" sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial continues to grow stranger and darker: One day after Thamsanqa Jantjie, the interpreter, told reporters he was hallucinating during the ceremony, South Africa's eNCA reported that—over the past 20 years—Jantjie has been charged with murder,…
As if this story wasn't strange enough: The "fake" sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial claims he was in the midst of a schizophrenic episode during the ceremony, causing him to hallucinate and hear voices. Meanwhile, the company that hired the hallucinating interpreter has "vanished."
The man providing sign language interpretations during Nelson Mandela's memorial on Tuesday was a "fake," according to the national director of the Deaf Federation of South Africa and at least two other experts.
There was plenty of talent to go around at last weekend's Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival: Paul McCartney, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Wilco, Kendrick Lamar, Bob Saget.
A deaf man in Burlington, North Carolina, was stabbed multiple times after his sign-language conversation with another deaf man was mistaken for gang signs.
An unlikely star was born at some of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's post-hurricane press conferences: sign language interpreter Lydia Callis. Everyone from NPR to New York magazine to Gawker's own Max Read has been singing Callis' praises since she stepped up and, with her boisterous American Sign Language…
An illiterate deaf man who knows no sign language is being prosecuted in Pennsylvania. His linguistic deficit is either his biggest problem—particularly for participating in his defense—or the greatest loophole in his criminal career, depending who you ask.
Admit it, you always wanted to know how to say "Fuck You" in Sign Language.
Sometimes, sign language interpretations of songs—like the Black Eyed Pea's "My Humps"—are silly. Sometimes, they're good. And sometimes, they're absolutely fantastic—this interpretation of Celine Dion's "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" represents one of those times.
