Le salut scout à deux doigts

Le salut scout polonais ressemble, paume inversée, à l'insulte britannique du V.

DraftInsult

Category : Kinesics — gesturesSubcategory : salutations-militaires-ritualiseesConfidence level : 3/5 (documented hypothesis)Identifier : e0015

Geography of misunderstanding

Offensive

uk
ireland

Neutral

germany
austria
switzerland-de
poland
czech-republic
slovakia
hungary
romania
france
belgium
netherlands
luxembourg

Not documented

peuples-autochtones
afrique-ouest

Sources

Morris, D., Collett, P., Marsh, P., & O'Shaughnessy, M. (1979). Gestures: Their Origins and Distribution. Stein & Day / Jonathan Cape.
Axtell, R. E. (1998). Gestures: The Do's and Taboos of Body Language Around the World (revised edition). John Wiley & Sons.
Matsumoto, D. & Hwang, H.C. (2013). Cultural similarities and differences in emblematic gestures. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 37(1), 1-27. — ↗