Is the fan strum and the roll the same thing?

Formby?

If you look at a guy named peter c nixon on youtube, he has some instructionals on George Formby strumming. There is one that literally looks like a fan opening. The sound it makes is basically a triplet I think. Either him or the other English guy who does formby says that it is really an optical illusion and doesn't make a different sound from the "triple stroke" which is just what it sounds like. Anyway, that's what your question made me think of.
 
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