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Originally Posted by hadron
thank you for answer  so it is peace, that is very nice  just noticed there is even smily for that
yes there are some other countries where it is used to express other gestures, even rude, also i think it was used as revolutionary symbol during ending of last century here, and students in our country use this to get noticed by teacher during the running class so teacher knows when they need assistance. but at that case they will hold a hand over they head, not aside the torso |
My assumption was that it meant peace, but also as mentioned i have seen people use it in a victory sense too. But it's funny how a simple turn of the hand and the meaning switches so quickly.
In the UK the other way around simply means 'F*** Off' as i expect it does everywhere else. Pretty much the opposite of peace.
Although in my experience the middle finger at someone is used more commonly as a rude gesture.
It's funny because it's so common in Japanese photos yet if someone of another race did the
in their holiday photos they would probably look silly. Yet the Japanese don't. Maybe it's just because i'm used to seeing them do it? But i'd look like an idiot if i did the same thing...haha