Giving Middle Finger

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Giving someone 'the finger' in Japanese Sign Language doesn't mean what you think it does:

Giving someone 'the finger' in Japanese Sign Language doesn't mean what you think it does?

The seemingly rude gesture is just a normal word when you put it into context - but can you guess what it means?

It might seem like a rude gesture to us - but giving someone 'the finger' simply means 'brother' when you put it into the context of Japanese Sign Language.

Sticking up one middle finger is translated as 'ani' or 兄 which means 'older brother'.

Alternating two middle fingers in the air can be translated as 'kyoudai' or 兄弟 which simply means 'siblings'.

And while the Western world might attach a very different meaning to this gesture, it has never been known as a profanity in Japan.

Connotations: This gesture doesn't mean what you think it does
Japanese children are taught to attach names to all the fingers, according to Kotaku.com.

From: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/giving-someone-the-finger-japanese-5679407
 
The digitus impudicus (thr impudent finger) can be traced back to ancient rome...
The uk does it different, the ol v
And in.brasil the thumbS up means something different too...
As for jsl. I always liked playing with the sign for dead, as its easy to make the sign for dead into sign for zombie...
well...sippin sake helps with that..
 
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