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Call me! How technology is changing our hand gestures – The Guardian
Young people no longer understand traditional gestures, from miming a phone call to requesting the bill. Are we losing part of our cultural heritage?
Name: Hand gestures.
Age: Older than language.
Appearance: Demonstrative hand signals encoding commonly understood meanings.
I dont follow you. Can you give me an example of what youre talking about? Certainly: placing a fist alongside your head, thumb and little finger extended, in the manner of a man trying to scratch his chin and his ear at the same time.
OK. And what does that mean? Cant you guess?
Does it mean: My ear and my chin both itch? No! It means: Call me.
What? How do you figu…
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