> From: "Kevin Lew -- 'The Lai-Lai Boy'" <kasumi@eden.com>
> Subject: Re: [radio] Ruri Iro Aquarium - 1995.12.08

> > From: toshi@win.or.jp (Hitoshi Doi)
> > 
> > letter: Why do people make a peace sign in front of the camera?
> > Kikuko: I wonder why?
> > Nozomu: Do you?
> > Kikuko: When I first started working, I was too embarrassed to make a
> >  peace sign.  But now it's fun so I can do it.
> 
> Wait a minute.  Are you telling me that there's NO reason that people do 
> it?  Or is it because they don't know?
>
  A friend of mine went to several Japanese schools (on a school
exchange) and took a heap of pictures. At every opportunity, the kids
would be making a "V" sign. She said it was their symbol of saying
"Hi". 
  I looked at her in a strange way and she thought I was making a move
onto her until I tried to explain.... ^_^

  Though she was wondering why I wanted to get reprints of the high
school students in PE (physical education) gear on ... especially the
girls! ^_^
 
> Seriously, does anybody know?  I always believed that it wasn't derived 
> from the 60's "peace sign" at all, but something like "V for Victory" 
> from the 40's.  I could be wrong about that, but I thought that I read it 
> in one of the old Mangajin mags.
> 
  I think the meaning has different local meanings, just like
colloquailism in language.
For example, in New Zealand (where the sheep outnumber the humans!
^_^) Calling someone a "dag" could mean several things.
In the north NZ, it meant that the guy was handsome and trendy.
In Australia, it meant they dressed badly and looked like a nerd.
In the south NZ, it meant something that hung off the sheeps bum.

So I'd be careful of using these colloquialisms! ^_^

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