From: ann sanfedele
John Francis wrote:
>On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 07:51:26PM -0600, William Robb wrote:
>
>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "ann sanfedele" Subject: Re: Peso -
>>Editorial comment on Second Avenue
>>
>>>>The English use two fingers where Americans use one.
>>>>
>>>That's rather hard to do if it's the two middle ones....
>>>
>>The English just have weird fetishes is all.
>>
>>
>
>Aren't fetishes pretty much guaranteed to be weird, by definition?
>
>And in any case it's not that difficult to use the middle two
>fingers in a variation on the two-finger salute; the trick is
>to use the thumb to keep the little finger clenched
>
John - I literally can't do it without it hurting... Didn't know if it
was me or
you were thinking of another sign... (pinky and forefinger extended...
which also may not be
universal for that other thing.)
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.
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