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Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Mar 25, 2015 9:46 am ]
Post subject:  Students swap clapping for jazz hands at NUS event
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Women at a national student event have been asked to use jazz hands instead of clapping.

The request came during the National Union of Students (NUS) Women's Conference in Solihull, West Midlands.

The NUS Women's Campaign tweeted: "Some delegates are requesting that we move to jazz hands rather than clapping, as it's triggering anxiety. Please be mindful!"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/32032291
Author:  davrosG5 [ Wed Mar 25, 2015 10:11 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Students swap clapping for jazz hands at NUS event
paulzolo wrote:
Quote:
Women at a national student event have been asked to use jazz hands instead of clapping.

The request came during the National Union of Students (NUS) Women's Conference in Solihull, West Midlands.

The NUS Women's Campaign tweeted: "Some delegates are requesting that we move to jazz hands rather than clapping, as it's triggering anxiety. Please be mindful!"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/32032291


Not quite the same but this is similar to 'clapping' in the deaf community. I became aware of this when watching an Adam Hills stand up gig at which there was a lady signing the entire gig. At the end Adam asked everyone to give here a deaf round of applause - hands up in front of you and twist your wrists rapidly.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Wed Mar 25, 2015 11:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Students swap clapping for jazz hands at NUS event
How does someone who gets an anxiety attack if they hear a round of applause operate in the normal world??
Author:  finlay666 [ Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Students swap clapping for jazz hands at NUS event
davrosG5 wrote:
Not quite the same but this is similar to 'clapping' in the deaf community. I became aware of this when watching an Adam Hills stand up gig at which there was a lady signing the entire gig. At the end Adam asked everyone to give here a deaf round of applause - hands up in front of you and twist your wrists rapidly.


Was that the one where she signed puberty and mimicked the testes dropping?
Author:  davrosG5 [ Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Students swap clapping for jazz hands at NUS event
finlay666 wrote:
davrosG5 wrote:
Not quite the same but this is similar to 'clapping' in the deaf community. I became aware of this when watching an Adam Hills stand up gig at which there was a lady signing the entire gig. At the end Adam asked everyone to give here a deaf round of applause - hands up in front of you and twist your wrists rapidly.


Was that the one where she signed puberty and mimicked the testes dropping?


That certainly rings a bell.
I must confess I think it would be very useful to be able to speak sign language.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Students swap clapping for jazz hands at NUS event
davrosG5 wrote:
I must confess I think it would be very useful to be able to speak sign language.

<pedant> The one thing you wouldn't be doing is speaking it </pedant>
Author:  davrosG5 [ Wed Mar 25, 2015 4:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Students swap clapping for jazz hands at NUS event
jonbwfc wrote:
davrosG5 wrote:
I must confess I think it would be very useful to be able to speak sign language.

<pedant> The one thing you wouldn't be doing is speaking it </pedant>


Does speaking necessarily mean verbal communication? How would you characterise 2 people communicating using sign language?
Author:  jonbwfc [ Wed Mar 25, 2015 5:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Students swap clapping for jazz hands at NUS event
davrosG5 wrote:
jonbwfc wrote:
davrosG5 wrote:
I must confess I think it would be very useful to be able to speak sign language.

<pedant> The one thing you wouldn't be doing is speaking it </pedant>

Does speaking necessarily mean verbal communication? How would you characterise 2 people communicating using sign language?

Sign language is not a spoken language. It's a gestured language.
Author:  AlunD [ Wed Mar 25, 2015 5:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Students swap clapping for jazz hands at NUS event
davrosG5 wrote:
jonbwfc wrote:
davrosG5 wrote:
I must confess I think it would be very useful to be able to speak sign language.

<pedant> The one thing you wouldn't be doing is speaking it </pedant>


Does speaking necessarily mean verbal communication? How would you characterise 2 people communicating using sign language?


"signing" I think is the official name for it. :?
Author:  big_D [ Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Students swap clapping for jazz hands at NUS event
What is Jazz Hands? The image on the BBC site looks like a Royal Wave...
Author:  hifidelity2 [ Thu Mar 26, 2015 10:56 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Students swap clapping for jazz hands at NUS event
And what if I have a phobia about people waving hands at me - can I ask for them to clap instead

This is just the NUS being the NUS which is not really living in the real world
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