How To Speak Fan | with Lucy Worsley

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3 жыл бұрын

Learn the secret language of the fan with your guide Lucy Worsley, then test out your new skills! Learn some of the key phrases and moves you’ll need in order to communicate at the Georgian court: how to introduce yourself, flirt a bit, or just get that annoying courtier to leave you alone…
And once you're ready, try out your new skills with your very own decorative hand fan from the Historic Royal Palaces Shop, just like Lucy is using: bit.ly/hrpshop-fans

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@zimo9529 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine getting friend-zoned by a fan.

@StacyL. 3 жыл бұрын

Right??

@fake_account-xg1pr 3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha

@Yasmin-jy7sq 2 жыл бұрын

Fan Zoned😂

@noahmel3677 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@barbaradps828 Жыл бұрын

@@Yasmin-jy7sq 😂🤣😂

@isabellawall3241 3 жыл бұрын

When she said to drop the fan, I genuinely thought we were literally meant to drop it... think I need to re-watch the lesson hahah

@hidinginsight1879 3 жыл бұрын

I've often seen in movies, like "Pride and Prejudice" with Merle Oberon, that young ladies will open and flutter their fan as they walk away in annoyance, disgust or outrage. Glad to know there's a whole lexicon of fan lingo that even artists will incorporate into their works!

@kmoffett213 3 жыл бұрын

I will always watch anything with Lucy in it.

@larryscott3982 3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes. The good Doctor is always charming. She constantly flirts with the camera.

@onemercilessming1342 Жыл бұрын

Me, too.

@superkstar5516 Жыл бұрын

Cool 😎

@StacyL. 3 жыл бұрын

The last fan holder can be subject to interpretation since it's a still picture. She could've been married or engaged and in the process of fanning the respective speed of each.

@clyne_er_mi 2 жыл бұрын

Accurate. I use these techniques for warning my companion and not flirting. I've been fascinated by fans since I was a child and had my own fan by four years old. I learnt the ettiquette from a Chinese text translated in English when I was in grade three from our library. They laugh at me before, but now they just feel fascinated especially in fancy parties where I could use it to deny anyone of communication with me hahahahhahahah. Some of them don't understand, but some get the gist of it. I especially love bringing tassels fans out in public when I leave the house.

@evelyn_r 3 жыл бұрын

Lol it’s so silly, it’s like speaking loudly for all to understand 😂

@weRarmy_weRBL 3 жыл бұрын

I love, love fans... since I was really small I remember my mum fanning herself together with the other mums while attending church in the hot spanish summers. So I'm a huge fan of fans lol... pun intended!. Got a huge collection and as soon as the weather changes I do try to have always one in my bag that matches my outfit...Just love it! Thanks Lucy!

@dianneledford3681 3 жыл бұрын

I immensely enjoy watching Lucy and I have been enjoying the new PBS series with her in it thanks for sharing this clip of the lovely Lucy

@octaviews 3 жыл бұрын

My Fan has only 3 settings...

@rdbull5890 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@billystokes3917 3 жыл бұрын

Mine has four: 0, 1, 2, and 3

@madamkeme7077 3 жыл бұрын

The "i hate you" doesn't look like an "i hate you" to my dirty mind though.

@StacyL. 3 жыл бұрын

It could mean F*** off in which that hand gesture would be appropriate lol

@nancyM1313 3 жыл бұрын

Can you say "hot flashes." Lol. Thanks Dr. Worsley👑

@xoxchickenoodles 2 жыл бұрын

Hi lucy ! I was just at your performance at the old wollen in leeds. I was the lil girl sat at the front. U wont see thi but i wanna say that even tho u said u were shy u are so brave and amazing. I have no regrets if making my dad get me a signed coppy of your book . I have all 4 kids books and want more because they are amasing. I loved the outdit change and everything. Yeah it was worth it

@talosheeg 3 жыл бұрын

Queen Lucy is back!

@tihanna_ 3 жыл бұрын

2:15, sooo, 😂😂 this is the way Lily acts in front of the poor Mr. Fitzgerald during the ball. Lol. Lily is such a badass. Ref : Silence is Golden, Chpter 9

@juliacruzanpayas2368 3 жыл бұрын

I love it !! Thank you ! I will always watch anything with Lucy.

@CountessKitten Жыл бұрын

Lucy Worsley is a LEGEND! 👑💫⚜️

@vinacarissa7928 3 жыл бұрын

Suddenly I remember that scene from the princess diaries...

@christophert.7635 3 жыл бұрын

That is one formidable Historian. We are great admirers here in Santa Monica, CA... 🌴🌴🌴

@vikingodin1986 3 жыл бұрын

Love this beauty her programmes are excellent

@melanieohara6941 3 жыл бұрын

Fabulous! Yet again, Dame Lucy-I wish-blends history with fun. Watch from Wyoming-Cheers.😷

@louisxiv631 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating video! Thanks for the education in the language of the fan. I'm sure it'll come in handy when I next visit the palace!

@sazfretz1945 2 жыл бұрын

LOL If I hated someone, I'd just crack them over the head with the fan!!

@michirumaeda 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting! I have seen some of these fan gestures on period movies. I didn't know what they were about until this. Thank you Lucy!

@047DianeB 3 жыл бұрын

I'm with Katie M. I could watch and listen to Lucy all day and all night! She's showing us how to "speak fan?" I'm all in!

@historeewithC 3 жыл бұрын

Lucy is fantastic!

@HannaARTzink Жыл бұрын

This was delightful. Thank you!

@comet1227 3 жыл бұрын

Let us all gather round and listen! 🤩

@lila6117 3 жыл бұрын

That was fun!

@7ajhubbell 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@new-ancient Жыл бұрын

Amazing!!!

@93Premium_3 6 ай бұрын

I just feel so Classy *pinky out*🥰

@orangejuice5435 9 ай бұрын

I'm going to a regency ball and I've got a fan, I thought it would be fun to learn how to speak with my fan. Not sure anyone else will speak fan but still pretty cool.

@shervonlim Жыл бұрын

In enola holmes 2 that's what tewksbury did to tell enola he loves her

@carmenibarra5402 Жыл бұрын

Me encanta esta mujer ,es una historiadora inglesa . Aquí en España he visto varios documentales de ella ,sobre personajes históricos. Unos documentales muy buenos muy bien documentados y hechos .Espero que vuelvan a emitirse en España .Lucy me cae genial.💜💜❤️❤️

@dxmxo9427 3 жыл бұрын

I love it

@lindsaywharton-howett3664 Жыл бұрын

I love the fan language I even talk to my friend is it and we love it and we use it all the time

@juniperenns2080 Жыл бұрын

thats awesome

@skippymagrue 3 жыл бұрын

I would be sending all sorts of wrong messages because I can't do left and right.

@lindsaywharton-howett3664 Жыл бұрын

I love the fan language

@annetcell-ly4571 3 жыл бұрын

Love it. What year are we in? They obviously knew their left from their right.

@Boxermom0317 3 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of baseball signs. :)

@ka-chow7894 11 ай бұрын

Imagine just scratching your cheek and accidentally gesture I Love You to a random person 😭

@minxyayala 2 жыл бұрын

I just whated to know how to hold a fan, now there an entire language for it?!? (Supper cool)

@RavenGent 7 сағат бұрын

This is practice at Victorian balls and I seemed to practice it when I practice ballroom dancing. 🎩

@rossigrace5031 Жыл бұрын

I fidget way too much for this, I'd be throwing up gang signs and starting a war without realizing 🤣

@Zmbe_glttr_gutz 3 жыл бұрын

I got my fan out 🧍🏽‍♀️

@aminadoce 7 ай бұрын

I remember to see another actions for the high victorian era (like "i love you" being a open fan pressed to the heart), for what I've read in a contemporary journal of the period... I'm puzzled now lol. Do the movements change according to place and time?

@luciexvxvxvx 6 ай бұрын

Lmao 😂 I can imagine someone at the background gasping after witnessing a woman dropped a fan to a man 😂

@verahobbs90 3 жыл бұрын

Carols from the palaces

@allisoncarter7421 2 ай бұрын

this is so informative but is it my left &, right or the recipient's left & right

@Brontyger Жыл бұрын

And now to spice things up.... In Tai Chi we were taught how to fight and defend ourselves with fans! 🤣

@retro6732 3 жыл бұрын

Talk to the Fan :)

@wuyanggroup7484 3 жыл бұрын

nice lucy.................hehe ..........nice fan

@SmartassX1 3 жыл бұрын

And what if you just want to wave it for some air?

@OcarinaSapphr- 3 жыл бұрын

The slow wave’s probably a reasonable universal- waving it fast, or ‘fluttering’ it had more specific meaning

@lindahedman3115 3 жыл бұрын

😀

@botw3581 Жыл бұрын

2:13 Wow.

@Naamushkit 5 ай бұрын

What would be the "neutral" way of fanning?

@estieglandwr 3 жыл бұрын

Fan off be-ach 😮😆😆

@ramayanaroxas5457 Жыл бұрын

Anyone else here from Enola Holmes 2?

@wholderby 3 жыл бұрын

I prefer the fan techniques employed by Ms. Sally Rand back in the 1930s :)

@faroshscale 2 жыл бұрын

What does a thworp mean?

@mikaylaeager7942 Жыл бұрын

Imagine me scratching an itch on the side of my face and accidentally confessing my love to some stranger.

@artboxfashion4042 3 жыл бұрын

I wish she would do something with Nell Gwynne

@Knappa22 3 жыл бұрын

That fan needed to be bigger

@bugganettedupan-cheng5135 Жыл бұрын

Here after seeing the Enola Holmes 2

@liliamnunez3757 3 жыл бұрын

Cuando dicen te odio, el abanico es arrojado abierto.

@terrortara6994 3 жыл бұрын

🤣❤️

@lakeshagadson357 2 жыл бұрын

i would like to use a fan when im bored.

@alaskacosplay 2 жыл бұрын

I know how to say "Get Away From Me, You Creep!!!" in fan. Just continuously hitting the creep using the fan because I don't wanna scream in church.

@nostromo7928 Жыл бұрын

And I thought I had to be careful when wording my texts .......... 😳

@Mickiwalk Жыл бұрын

"I'm married and my small dog is overheating." That's how I read #3. Did anyone catch the unbearably cute tiny hand holding the bottom of the fan together in #2?

@dorsetdesoie Жыл бұрын

Everyone knows that this language of the fan never existed. It was an advertising booklet from the English branch of the Duvelleroy house, a fan manufacturer in France. How could a historian ignore this!!!!

@RecklessFables Жыл бұрын

Here because of the Enola Holmes 2 movie

@user-uu9xg7iw7i 3 жыл бұрын

Люси Уорсли - Настоящая Леди !!! Я тоже Ваш Поклонник ( DEPECHE MODE from Besildon U.K. Essex ) ... a from Russia . Александр . До свидания .

@lillia.s 27 күн бұрын

This is so goofy 😭

@emmastraub6842 Ай бұрын

🪭❤️

@pierrehenribiger830 3 жыл бұрын

It is truly a pity that somebody, who is supposed to be learned, lets people think that such a stupid language did exist! If you are truly interested in this matter, and not only kidding, you can read what I wrote for instance in « Faux et vrais langages de l'éventail », European Fans in the 17th and 18th Centuries: Images, Accessories, and Instruments of Gesture, M. Volmert & D. Bucher, ed., De Gruyter, 2019, p. 23-39. (Sorry, it is in French. But some other interesting papers are in English (and German).

@ecriresurlaroute5616 3 жыл бұрын

In english, you can read "The mystery of love, courtship and marriage" by Henry J. Wenham, where you can find this so-called langage of the fan, and of the hat, the gloves, the handkerchief, the parasol, the flowers, the eyes... Nothing but pure fantasy! archive.org/details/TheMysteryOfLoveCourtshipAndMarriageExplained/page/n3/mode/2up (de mon côté, je ne suis pas historienne, juste auteure de romans historiques, mais j'ai aussi écrit un petit article de vulgarisation à ce sujet pour expliquer que ce n'était qu'un mythe : www.liseantunessimoes.com/le-langage-de-eventail/)

@ecriresurlaroute5616 3 жыл бұрын

@@pierrehenribiger830 Merci ! Oui, j'ai trouvé facilement. Si vous le permettez, je me suis permis de citer votre thèse dans la conclusion de mon article, en y indiquant le lien et les crédits adéquats.