Mystery Of - The NAH!

Have we ever stopped to consider how many people are saying "hello" to each other, and in how many different languages?

If we want to say "hello" to everyone on the planet, we would have to learn at least 2,796 languages and greet at least 6,500,000,000 people.

Strange but true!


Fingers too have its own silent language, but be careful how you want to use them otherwise you will land yourself in deep shit!

These are some interesting facts about hand gestures.

Thumbs-Up
The gesture means "good going!"

The A-Okay
Joining the thumb and index finger in circle. When Richard Nixon was Vice President, he is reported to have greeted a crowd South of the Border with a double "a-okay." Imagine the Reaction! A Frenchman reads the gesture as meaning "Zero" or "worthless."

"V" for Victory
It means "victory" or "peace” with the stretched middle and index fingers.

Finger Beckoning
Here we sometimes hail a waiter with the index finger slightly raised and the thumb loosely extended. It is rude to beckon anyone if you then motion with the index finger.

However, when we are angry, the chances for a stream of profanities to fly from the mouth will be inevitable.

Asians find it extremely rude to voice their concerns in public but not rude to throw curses. When one decides not to argue, the alternative is to show the middle finger and walk away.

This has become a defensive strategy people have learnt from observation.

In Western countries the finger (as in giving someone the finger) is a well-known obscence hand gesture made by extending the middle finger of the hand while bending the other fingers into the palm.

There are many and various rude gestures we can make with our fingers depending on our culture.

It was speculated that the birth of the middle finger came about in 1415 before the Battle of Agincourt.

The French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers.

Without the middle finger, it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore, they would beincapable of fighting in the future.

This famous weapon was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew" (or "pluck yew").

Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, "See, we can still pluck yew!"

"PLUCK YEW!"Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a 'F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute!

It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow, that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird."

And so now "yew" know everything about Giving the Finger or "Flipping" the Bird!

Sometimes, the satisfaction is incomplete by showing the middle finger without the word “Nah” in husky voice coming from the mouth.

Somehow, it is not rude if the other person deserves it.