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>well, not just fingers as gestures... some months ago, a friend of mine was at Walmart with her husband, and she called him "Amor..." (which means "love"... it's sort of saying "honey" or "dear")... well, a lady who was nearby had a really anger look on her face, and asked: "Did you call me a whore??" (because "amor" and "a whore" sounds similar)...
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>well, it took awhile for them to clarify the issue with that woman... <s>

Yeah, but more importantly was she a whore or not???

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>>Using fingers as gestures can get you into trouble. I remember when President Nixon visited England and gave the “V for Victory” sign with his hand pointed the wrong way. In England that is like giving the “One finger salute”. It did not go over well but then that was Nixon! One step from reality.