A widely shared image on social media purportedly explains the historic origins of the “middle finger”, considered an offensive gesture in Western culture. The image makes the claim that the gesture derives from English soldiers at the Battle of Agincourt, France in 1415. This claim is false.

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“During the Hundred Years’ War the French would cut the middle finger off the hands of captured English archers so that they could no longer draw the strings of their deadly yew longbows (the type of wood from which they were made.)

Rude Hand Gestures: 10 Offensive Signs Around The World

• The A-Ok.
• The Moutza.
• The Forks.
• Mano Fico.
• Corna.
• Dog Call.
• Crossing Fingers.
• Five Fathers.

Utica took the burn in her stride, saying: “If I’m going to take anything from this competition, it’s that I got two sets of middle fingers from you!” “And I gave you this too – this is the nastiest hand gesture ever,” replied Ru, as she moved her pixelated wrists around in an elaborate fashion.

Some hand gestures that are innocent in the United States are offensive in other countries. The thumbs up, the “OK” sign, and crossing your fingers are all examples of gestures that are vulgar in certain places outside the US.

Another non-Western habit is that pointing with your fingers is considered rude. Most Indian people use their fingers only to point to animals or inferior classes. Instead, use a head nodding gesture or your entire hand when pointing to a person. Feet are another body part that has significant meaning in India.

There are other gestures too, some more popular in some areas than others, but nowhere is showing the pinky (called the little finger in India) is the same as showing the middle finger in US. Showing the little finger has an altogether different meaning in all of India. It means “peeing”.

Yes it is.. If you don’t share it with the ones who eat beef . The vegetarian ones would just rather stay away from you.

What happens if a Hindu eat beef? Also unlike other religions which are very prescriptive, Hinduism is descriptive. That means Hinduism suggests that you should not eat beef, but it does not assign a punishment to violators. Most of such punishments are anecdotal and told through stories and not through scriptures..