From: Alejandro Dubrovsky (s328940@student.uq.edu.au)
Date: Fri Aug 23 2002 - 11:01:35 MDT
On Sat, 2002-08-24 at 01:57, Alfio Puglisi wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, Amara Graps wrote:
>
> >Lee Corbin:
> >
> >> > http://www.amara.com/neverunderestimate.jpg\9
> >>
> >>Cute picture. Amazing if it's true
> >
> >I'm sorry, but WHAT ...? Why 'amazing' ? This is quite normal
> >from my observations. Why is it difficult for you to believe that
> >the same gestures have different meanings to different cultures?
> >
> >BTW, these gestures are true (I've verified).
>
> Yeah, but the Italian meaning is a bit different from what the picture
> says. A more accurate translation would be "What the fuck are you saying?"
> (it's not a polite gesture, except when used between friends)
>
And it's no longer uniquely italian, very commonly used in argentina too
(introduced by the large italian immigration, of course, but now used
outside those boundaries)
alejandro
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