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Seece on 18 June 2009
NinjaBlade360 said:
seece said:
Carl2291 said:
@ seece.

Nope, its AGES old from when England invaded France... Henry 5th time i think.

Remind me when I go to america one day that American's don't know what this is jk


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Serious_frusting on 18 June 2009
SJGohan3972 said:
never heard of this (two fingers) being an insult. In the US (as far as I know) it's simply the peace sign, or the number 2 :), or in rare perverted company (ie. around a bunch of guys) you can put two fingers like that and then stick your tounge in between them to simulate eating a girl out - but that's it, never heard of it being an insult.

What exactly does it mean? I know the middle finger means "fuck you" is this basically that or is there something more to it? and if I stick my middle finger up in the UK would it be taken as an insult? or would I just be pointing at something?

It makes a V. a v for victory but it is insulting to the people on the other end. The last time i used it was not so long ago after having a scrap. I stuck my fingers up

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SJGohan3972 on 18 June 2009
Serious_frusting said:
@chocoloroco

The peace sign is the other way around kid. unless you are saying peace 2 yourself. If thats the case go to the shrink. Otherwise you are just being insulting sticking you finger up at people.

Oh do Americans stick up the middle finger on its own to insult people

As far as I know in America the peace sign is either way (knuckles facing you or the other person) but it's more common (at least from what i've seen) to have your palm facing you (so that would be an insult to you but just peace to me :) - but really either way would probably be interpreted as the peace sign to the average american (I would and probably will once I forget about this thread)

 

and yes the middle finger sticking up on its own (not practical to do it backwards but that would qualify as well) is considered a very foul gesture in american society (synonymous or even worse than the use of the word fuck) and is censored (just like most curse words and nudity) from national and most cable/satellite television.



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Serious_frusting on 18 June 2009

Well yh The Middle finger and the V finger serves the same purpose



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SJGohan3972 on 19 June 2009
Serious_frusting said:
SJGohan3972 said:
never heard of this (two fingers) being an insult. In the US (as far as I know) it's simply the peace sign, or the number 2 :), or in rare perverted company (ie. around a bunch of guys) you can put two fingers like that and then stick your tounge in between them to simulate eating a girl out - but that's it, never heard of it being an insult.

What exactly does it mean? I know the middle finger means "fuck you" is this basically that or is there something more to it? and if I stick my middle finger up in the UK would it be taken as an insult? or would I just be pointing at something?

It makes a V. a v for victory but it is insulting to the people on the other end. The last time i used it was not so long ago after having a scrap. I stuck my fingers up

IC, so there is actual meaning behind it - sort of an arrogant gesture to state that one is better than the other person, I like it :)

I found this wikipedia page very interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_(gesture) - there's a small chance the two insults were derived from the same ongoing conflict :)



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Serious_frusting on 19 June 2009
SJGohan3972 said:
Serious_frusting said:
@chocoloroco

The peace sign is the other way around kid. unless you are saying peace 2 yourself. If thats the case go to the shrink. Otherwise you are just being insulting sticking you finger up at people.

Oh do Americans stick up the middle finger on its own to insult people

As far as I know in America the peace sign is either way (knuckles facing you or the other person) but it's more common (at least from what i've seen) to have your palm facing you (so that would be an insult to you but just peace to me :) - but really either way would probably be interpreted as the peace sign to the average american (I would and probably will once I forget about this thread)

 

and yes the middle finger sticking up on its own (not practical to do it backwards but that would qualify as well) is considered a very foul gesture in american society (synonymous or even worse than the use of the word fuck) and is censored (just like most curse words and nudity) from national and most cable/satellite television.


Oh seen its like that here for both the finger and V finger. They both are censored off the tv. In the UK when using the peace sign be sure to have you palm outwards or you may get you fingers broke lmao

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SJGohan3972 on 19 June 2009

^I'll keep that in mind should I visit... :)



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Serious_frusting on 19 June 2009

Tut you shouldnt like it shame on you. Just between us it is my fav hand signal lol :)

Shit this is way off topic and the post is here for all to read. nevermind


I do hope they change the cover though. People aint going to be impressed with that cover lol



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puffy on 19 June 2009

People use it in Australia basically meaning 'up yours'



 

blaydcor on 19 June 2009
Serious_frusting said:
@chocoloroco

The peace sign is the other way around kid. unless you are saying peace 2 yourself. If thats the case go to the shrink. Otherwise you are just being insulting sticking you finger up at people.

Oh do Americans stick up the middle finger on its own to insult people


Actually no. I'd say that way is actually more popular for 'peace' these days (especially when people are using it as "see you later")

Shitty example as it features a douchey rapper but:



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