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A short guide to Italian hand gestures. Other than the first one I use them all. :-) -- (link)

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Jul 1 '13, 08:14

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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/07/01/world/europe/A-Short-Lexicon-of-Italian-Gestures.html?smid=fb-share (www.nytimes.com)

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they missed one... - Mel Profit Jul 1, 08:52 1
- The eighth one is close to it. Most put their hands together like when praying but the guy in the pic didn't. - Krusty Jul 1, 08:55
Pfft. They don't even have "va fangool". -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 1, 08:49 1
- Heh. - Krusty Jul 1, 08:53
Here are some more but sadly they're not animated or in gif form. -- (link) - Krusty Jul 1, 08:40
I think everyone uses #7 -- nm - Roger More Jul 1, 08:37
I do 6 and 9, otherwise I had no idea what those were. So we need to study up before meeting you? -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 08:24 3
- Heh. :-) I don't realize I'm doing it most of the time. Also, there's more that they didn't include. -- nm - Krusty Jul 1, 08:29 2
  - do you ever find that people aren't understanding you and you didn't know why? -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 08:33 1
    - Ha. :-) I only use them silently around people I know that understand them. Italians use hand gestures very much like sign language. Most people - Krusty Jul 1, 08:37
This is great. -- nm - jnine Jul 1, 08:20

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