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I remember when I moved to the U.K. and asked at my new workplace for some memory sticks. - How many do you need? - Two. And I raised two fingers accordingly. -
by torcete 2y ago
I remember when I moved to the U.K. and asked at my new workplace for some memory sticks.
- How many do you need?
- Two. And I raised two fingers accordingly.
- Here, in the UK, you don't do that with your fingers.
That day I learnt something new about cultural differences.
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- radicalbyte 2y agoYes you do, you just do it palm facing the person you're talking to (known locally as the "victory sign").
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- inopinatus 2y ago“V for Victory” isn’t just a hand gesture, it was a WW2 meme of defiance. Curiously, Churchill used both hand orientations.
- maleldil 2y agoWho the hell signals two with your palm facing you? That's the only way you can get in trouble.
- JohnFen 2y agoI do. Whenever I'm holding my fingers up to indicate a number, I do it with my palms facing me. I'm in the US, though, where there is no special meaning for the two-fingers-raised hand gesture no matter which way your palms face.