italian hand gestures

frogapplause commented on the word italian hand gestures

Italian hand gestures explained!

March 16, 2009

sonofgroucho commented on the word italian hand gestures

These may come in handy when I visit Venice next month: some handier than others!

March 16, 2009

reesetee commented on the word italian hand gestures

My parents had a book like this ages ago....

March 16, 2009

frogapplause commented on the word italian hand gestures

I'm trying to master the last hand gesture, but my arm shoots up like a catapult. I need private lessons.

March 16, 2009

nuxiy commented on the word italian hand gestures

A (usually) censored pornographic feature.

March 17, 2009

frogapplause commented on the word italian hand gestures

The gestures themselves are not pornographic. And the meanings aren't terribly shocking either.

March 17, 2009

bilby commented on the word italian hand gestures

The Little Blue has two pages of hand gestures. Firstly the co-author and I decided which gestures we wanted to include. Then we borrowed Zach's flatmate Nicola to demonstrate them while I took pictures; by the end of the afternoon we were all rolling around in stitches. The pictures were sent to Germany of all places, as we'd heard of a graphic artist who was good at drawing hands. He did the drawings with little red arrows to indicate the movement of the hands. It's become one of the most commented-on sections of the book.

In January this year I came across a whole book of gestures, with black and white photos and explanatory text in Italian and English. It was a reprint of an Italian publication originally made in about 1960. I think it was called 'I Gesti Della Communicazione' (Gestures of Communication).

March 17, 2009

frogapplause commented on the word italian hand gestures

*enjoying the image of bilby rolling around in stitches*

March 21, 2009