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A1017154 - The "V" sign
Zucchini Posted Apr 11, 2003
I agree that maybe a brief paragraph on the palm-forwards V sign is in order, just to distinguish the perculiarly English palm-backwards version. As a Japanophile I am also obliged to point out that the victory-V sign is also popular in Japanese culture 
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Oberon2001 (Scout) Posted May 13, 2003
Hey Zagreb, you gonna work on this anymore?
Oberon2001
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Mikey the Humming Mouse - A3938628 Learn More About the Edited Guide! Posted Jun 12, 2003
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Ormondroyd Posted Jun 13, 2003
The full story of Harvey Smith's famous V-sign can be found here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/15/newsid_2534000/2534107.stm
You could also mention the recent use of the sign by the UK's Deputy Prime Minister: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2968074.stm
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jul 15, 2003
Zagreb, if you don't want to work on this anymore, I'll happily take it on 
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The GR Manoeuvre --- a posting a day keeps the reaper away Posted Sep 4, 2003
Cooeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Scout
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Milos Posted Sep 27, 2003
I'd like to see this finished with all the suggestions made 
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There's also a mention that it is confused with the American One-Finger Salute, if they are not similar insults how are they different? I had always assumed they were similar insults, if slightly different in meaning. I was also told that it means 'up yours', is this true? And is it acceptable in familiar company?
I hope you're still working on this
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Sep 29, 2003
The normal translation for the one-finger salute is 'up yours' for obvious reasons. The two-finger salute is normally said to mean 'f*** off'. Whether these two phrases actually mean the same thing is open to debate.
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Milos Posted Sep 29, 2003
Actually on the other side of the atlantic the one finger means f*** you... but the difference in translation could explain why some use it a little more freely than others.
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GreyDesk Posted Oct 10, 2003
Fascinating the stuff you find in PR threads...
Now where the hell has Zagreb got to?
* baits researcher trap *
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Cyzaki Posted Oct 10, 2003
Hey! You can't put s in researcher traps! That's cruel!
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GreyDesk Posted Oct 10, 2003
But are vegetarians, so they won't harm the researcher who gets caught in the trap
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Cyzaki Posted Oct 10, 2003
No, cruel to the , not the researcher! s don't like being stuck in traps!
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Number Six Posted Oct 10, 2003
Hmm... I think GreyDesk's trap has just snared a ...
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