John Sessoms wrote:
From: ann sanfedele
John Francis wrote:
>On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 07:51:26PM -0600, William Robb wrote:
> >
What about Asian cultures? kinda interesting actually
ann
In some west asian cultures the index finger takes the place of the
middle finger we Americans use.
The Japanese apparently use the middle finger, but that may be due to
the influence of American G.I.s post WWII.
The British use the index and middle fingers.
Legal argument regarding the digitus impudicus:
http://lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/issues/41-4_Robbins.pdf
The index & pinky finger sign is a different fetish - one of them
being that a husband has an unfaithful wife especially in Italy, Spain
and the Spanish speaking countries of Latin America.
It can also be a sign against bad luck or to ward off the "evil eye".
Or it can be a sign wishing bad luck on someone.
John -- thanks for all the interesting variations... I had wondered
what someone that just happened past
that stop light I photo'ed who was from some far distant land might have
thought and that others that saw
it on line might simply wonder why I too the photo or why it might make
some one chuckle.
hard to believe none of our chums on this list didn't use the op to
quip"So what's your point?"
ann
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