There are two "V-signs".
The normal one, indicating disrespect (to put it mildly) is made with the back of the hand facing away from the gesturer.
The Churchillian one, indicating victory, is made with the back of the hand facing towards the gesturer.
Of course, if Churchill were making the gesture to Hitler, he could happily use either.
Not sure if there is such a word as "gesturer", but you know what I mean.
John
On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 09:17:49 -0400, Steve Desjardins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
For most of my life I assumed that this was the typical phallic gesture. I saw the "Long Bow" version on one of those little pre-commercial snippets on the History Channel. Even they claimed it had no proven basis in fact. If, however, there was an English gesture that made a V, maybe this was a corruption. Just out of curiosity, is this V gesture like the one an American would use for victory or "peace"?
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