Heard the former used for the first time, today. Quickly surmised (from context) it to be roughly equivalent to the latter. But, what is the actual physical motion involved (in the former)?
I.e., are the two thumbs pressed against each other? (palms facing, fingers steepled? or, twisted: one up, the other down?)
Or, is each thumb "held captive" by the other fingers of that same hand (e.g., like an ASL 't')?
Or, something else?
Interesting, I'd never heard that before. Google will tell you.
Cheers
-- Clive
Hello,
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HTH and happy christmas from France.
Peter Greuter
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Yes, I got confirmation of that -- and the "crossed fingers" analog -- from google. But, couldn't find a physical description of the gesture.
So, its like a fist with the thumbs tucked inside?
And, done with *both* hands simultaneously? E.g., "crossed fingers" doesn't require more than one hand's involvement.
It's also interesting (to me!) to note that the (USEnglish) "keep your fingers crossed" seems to imply that they're ALREADY crossed (or, "cross them and keep them that way") whereas the "press your thumbs" suggests you NOW perform that action (nor does it suggest you CONTINUE to perform it).
Thanks!
Et vous, Joyeux Noel!
I agree with Peter. It is commonly used in German. There seems to be two methods. One with the thumb inside the fist, and one with the thumb on top, onto the index finger:
Wikipedia suggests the former:
-- RoRo
In Scilab (and Matlab, too, I think), "~=" means "not equals", the same as "!=" means in C.
Since I use Scilab heavily, it took me until just now to get the sense of your title...
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