On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 04:00:30PM -0400, Christian wrote:
> Jack Davis wrote:
> > I've again picked up this thread and probably skipping over this
> > comment offered by others,
>
> me too
>
> > but it was always obvious to me that the "V"
> > formed by holding up the middle and index fingers signified a "V" for
> > victory.
>
> It depends on which direction the palm is facing. Facing towards the
> person you are gesturing to it is "V" for victory. If the back of your
> hand is facing the person it means "f-you" derived from the archer thing
> mentioned before.
It's a nice story, but one with no basis in fact.
It's always worth checking snopes.com when you come across this kind
of thing, and a quick search for "archers" turns up the following:
http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/pluckyew.asp
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