During World War II, Western Europe fell and many people went into exile in Britain. There is a man named Vic? Belgians in Delaville broadcast short waves from Britain to Belgium every day, calling on their compatriots to rise up against the German occupation forces. One night after 1940, he called on people to write "V" everywhere on the radio to show their firm confidence in the final victory. A few days later, in buildings in Brussels, Belgium and other cities, on the walls of streets, trunks and telephone poles, in theaters, and even in the barracks, sentries and houses of Nazi officers heavily guarded by the German army, the word "V" appeared as an ominous thing, which made the German fascist occupying forces feel uneasy. ? Later, the word "V" spread like wildfire and was introduced to occupied European countries. Because the form is simple and clear, it spread quickly. When friends meet, they stretch out their forefinger and middle finger and put out a "V" instead of all other greetings. Expressing one's wishes in this wordless way became a fashion at that time. British Prime Minister Churchill liked this gesture so much that the word "V" became more famous. In the dining room, the knives and forks on the table are arranged in a V shape, and the clock in the watch shop is also 1 1: 05. When this trend spread to the United States, women wore artificial gem's V-shaped brooches in succession, which became a fashion. It is said that a V-shaped brooch made of real diamonds cost as much as $5,000.
More than half a century has passed since the Second World War, but the word "V" is so deeply rooted in people's hearts and loved by people that it has been passed down to this day. ? In addition to the meaning of victory, the word "V" has its specific meaning in some countries: for example, in Dutch, "V" stands for "freedom"; It means "heroism" in Serbian. However, it is the hippie culture and hippies that originated in the 1950s and prevailed in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s that made this gesture really spread around the world. The slogan of hippies is: love and peace. In the 1960s and 1970s, there were wars all over the world. Hippies are against war. They often raise their hands in front of various gatherings and cameras. But the mouth shouted: peace? ! Although in the 1980s, with the end of the Cold War, most wars around the world ended and hippies gradually disappeared, the meaning of hippies themselves was to express their personality and reject traditional habits through weird costumes and strange living habits, and this spirit was passed down from generation to generation by young people, so the iconic V-shaped gesture was also passed down from generation to generation. Of course, there are also famous rock songs handed down from ancient times. So, in the future, we will meet a foreigner and ask the gesture v? What do you mean by victory? That's right. Peace? The more fashionable thing is, please don't say stupid things. That's what the delegates said when they took pictures: Hey.
Hold out your forefinger and middle finger: In most European countries, where are people? In daily communication, the index finger and middle finger of the right hand are often stretched out. The gesture of "V" means "Victory", and "V" is the first letter of the English word victory. Is the legendary V gesture the second time? It was invented by a Belgian named Victor Delavelli during World War II. In the radio address at the end of 1940, he called on his compatriots to rise up against the German invaders and mobilized people to write "V" everywhere? Word, to show confidence in victory. Since then, the "V" gesture has spread like wildfire. Especially when British Prime Minister Winston Churchill used this "V" gesture in a parade, it spread quickly and widely. ? However, when you make this gesture, you must remember that your palms are outward and your fingers are inward, especially in Britain, because in most European countries, making a "V" gesture with the back of your hand outward and your palms inward is to make people "walk"? Open ",in Britain, refers to immoral things. In China, the symbol "V" stands for the number "2", "second" or "scissors". In African countries, "V" gesture generally means two or two things.
What is the other meaning of the V sign? In southern Europe, Italy, Portugal and Spain, people will secretly make a V-shaped gesture behind someone's head, saying, "His wife has cuckolded him!" " . But when using this gesture in Greece, you must turn your finger back to the other party, otherwise it means insulting and belittling the other party. Because in Greece, V-shaped gestures generally represent people who regard each other as demons and evil.
A cuckold, as its name implies, is a green hat, which means to be worn by people. The implication is that a man's own woman has an affair with another man, so this man is cuckolded. Being cuckolded is a very disgraceful, shameful and humiliating thing. The "green hat" has been passed down from generation to generation for a long time. Although there are different opinions, they probably mean the same thing. Later, everyone called people who cheated on their men "cuckolders".
In Italy, devil's horns, goat's horns, rock horns, throwing goats and evil fingers are also commonly used to refer to being cuckolded. Italian President Silvio Berlusconi once made fun of the EU foreign ministers' meeting in caceres, Spain, putting up his index finger and little finger to imitate the horns of animals and taking pictures. However, I didn't expect this little gesture, which was originally intended to enliven the atmosphere, to be hyped up by Spanish and Italian newspapers and become front-page news.