How To Speak Fan | with Lucy Worsley

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  • Опубликовано: 9 окт 2020
  • 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

Комментарии • 107

  • @zimo9529
    @zimo9529 3 года назад +534

    Imagine getting friend-zoned by a fan.

  • @isabellawall3241
    @isabellawall3241 3 года назад +142

    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
    @hidinginsight1879 3 года назад +198

    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
    @kmoffett213 3 года назад +349

    I will always watch anything with Lucy in it.

  • @StacyL.
    @StacyL. 3 года назад +44

    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.

  • @evelyn_r
    @evelyn_r 3 года назад +28

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

  • @octaviews
    @octaviews 3 года назад +57

    My Fan has only 3 settings...

  • @clyne_er_mi
    @clyne_er_mi 2 года назад +21

    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.

  • @weRarmy_weRBL
    @weRarmy_weRBL 3 года назад +32

    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
    @dianneledford3681 3 года назад +52

    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

  • @madamkeme7077
    @madamkeme7077 3 года назад +98

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

    • @StacyL.
      @StacyL. 3 года назад +13

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

  • @vinacarissa7928
    @vinacarissa7928 3 года назад +35

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

  • @nancyM1313
    @nancyM1313 3 года назад +15

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

  • @sazfretz1945
    @sazfretz1945 2 года назад +5

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

  • @xoxchickenoodles
    @xoxchickenoodles 2 года назад +7

    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

  • @CountessKitten
    @CountessKitten Год назад +3

    Lucy Worsley is a LEGEND! 👑💫⚜️

  • @talosheeg
    @talosheeg 3 года назад +21

    Queen Lucy is back!

  • @tihanna_
    @tihanna_ 3 года назад +5

    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

  • @christophert.7635
    @christophert.7635 3 года назад +6

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

  • @juliacruzanpayas2368
    @juliacruzanpayas2368 3 года назад +13

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

  • @vikingodin1986
    @vikingodin1986 3 года назад +8

    Love this beauty her programmes are excellent

  • @melanieohara6941
    @melanieohara6941 3 года назад +8

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

  • @louisxiv631
    @louisxiv631 3 года назад +7

    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!

  • @orangejuice5435
    @orangejuice5435 10 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @047DianeB
    @047DianeB 3 года назад

    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!

  • @michirumaeda
    @michirumaeda 3 года назад +3

    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!

  • @historeewithC
    @historeewithC 3 года назад +3

    Lucy is fantastic!

  • @comet1227
    @comet1227 3 года назад +2

    Let us all gather round and listen! 🤩

  • @HannaARTzink
    @HannaARTzink Год назад

    This was delightful. Thank you!

  • @shervonlim
    @shervonlim Год назад +4

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

  • @7ajhubbell
    @7ajhubbell 3 года назад

    Thank you.

  • @carmenibarra5402
    @carmenibarra5402 Год назад

    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.💜💜❤️❤️

  • @93Premium_3
    @93Premium_3 7 месяцев назад

    I just feel so Classy *pinky out*🥰

  • @lila6117
    @lila6117 3 года назад +2

    That was fun!

  • @lindsaywharton-howett3664
    @lindsaywharton-howett3664 2 года назад

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

  • @new-ancient
    @new-ancient Год назад

    Amazing!!!

  • @skippymagrue
    @skippymagrue 3 года назад +9

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

  • @ka-chow7894
    @ka-chow7894 Год назад

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

  • @dxmxo9427
    @dxmxo9427 3 года назад

    I love it

  • @juniperenns2080
    @juniperenns2080 Год назад

    thats awesome

  • @RavenGent
    @RavenGent 8 дней назад

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

  • @rossigrace5031
    @rossigrace5031 Год назад

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

  • @lindsaywharton-howett3664
    @lindsaywharton-howett3664 2 года назад

    I love the fan language

  • @luciexvxvxvx
    @luciexvxvxvx 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @annetcell-ly4571
    @annetcell-ly4571 3 года назад

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

  • @minxyayala
    @minxyayala 2 года назад

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

  • @ramayanaroxas5457
    @ramayanaroxas5457 Год назад +7

    Anyone else here from Enola Holmes 2?

  • @Boxermom0317
    @Boxermom0317 3 года назад

    This reminds me of baseball signs. :)

  • @aminadoce
    @aminadoce 7 месяцев назад

    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?

  • @Zmbe_glttr_gutz
    @Zmbe_glttr_gutz 3 года назад +1

    I got my fan out 🧍🏽‍♀️

  • @bugganettedupan-cheng5135
    @bugganettedupan-cheng5135 Год назад +3

    Here after seeing the Enola Holmes 2

  • @allisoncarter7421
    @allisoncarter7421 2 месяца назад

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

  • @Brontyger
    @Brontyger Год назад

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

  • @verahobbs90
    @verahobbs90 3 года назад

    Carols from the palaces

  • @retro6732
    @retro6732 3 года назад

    Talk to the Fan :)

  • @botw3581
    @botw3581 Год назад

    2:13 Wow.

  • @mikaylaeager7942
    @mikaylaeager7942 Год назад

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

  • @wuyanggroup7484
    @wuyanggroup7484 3 года назад

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

  • @Naamushkit
    @Naamushkit 5 месяцев назад

    What would be the "neutral" way of fanning?

  • @SmartassX1
    @SmartassX1 3 года назад +3

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

    • @OcarinaSapphr-
      @OcarinaSapphr- 3 года назад +1

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

  • @lindahedman3115
    @lindahedman3115 3 года назад

    😀

  • @wholderby
    @wholderby 3 года назад

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

  • @Knappa22
    @Knappa22 3 года назад +2

    That fan needed to be bigger

  • @artboxfashion4042
    @artboxfashion4042 3 года назад

    I wish she would do something with Nell Gwynne

  • @faroshscale
    @faroshscale 2 года назад

    What does a thworp mean?

  • @Mickiwalk
    @Mickiwalk Год назад +1

    "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?

  • @estieglandwr
    @estieglandwr 3 года назад +3

    Fan off be-ach 😮😆😆

  • @lakeshagadson357
    @lakeshagadson357 2 года назад

    i would like to use a fan when im bored.

  • @alaskacosplay
    @alaskacosplay 2 года назад

    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
    @nostromo7928 Год назад

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

  • @liliamnunez3757
    @liliamnunez3757 3 года назад

    Cuando dicen te odio, el abanico es arrojado abierto.

  • @RecklessFables
    @RecklessFables Год назад

    Here because of the Enola Holmes 2 movie

  • @terrortara6994
    @terrortara6994 3 года назад

    🤣❤️

  • @dorsetdesoie
    @dorsetdesoie Год назад +2

    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!!!!

  • @lillia.s
    @lillia.s Месяц назад

    This is so goofy 😭

  • @pierrehenribiger830
    @pierrehenribiger830 3 года назад +8

    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
      @ecriresurlaroute5616 3 года назад +6

      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
      @ecriresurlaroute5616 3 года назад +2

      @@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.

  • @user-uu9xg7iw7i
    @user-uu9xg7iw7i 3 года назад

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

  • @SkarKingg
    @SkarKingg 3 года назад

    I'm going to assume she's a dominatrix

  • @emmastraub6842
    @emmastraub6842 Месяц назад

    🪭❤️

  • @onegoodjoe
    @onegoodjoe 2 года назад

    What a strange creature we are.

  • @rbeckhoff89
    @rbeckhoff89 3 года назад

    I respect she is a married lady.. But I have a thing for her.. just a complement

  • @tiberiu_nicolae
    @tiberiu_nicolae Год назад

    Can't tell if this is serious or not

  • @kimberlycosta6283
    @kimberlycosta6283 3 года назад +3

    Omg this old lie again

  • @jadesmith6823
    @jadesmith6823 3 года назад

    Oh FFS 🤦

  • @bfoster2335
    @bfoster2335 3 года назад +5

    Poor men trying to figure this all out.

  • @anitawhite9694
    @anitawhite9694 Год назад +1

    What a hoot! I see why THAT went out of style!