Almighty Stannis Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 From one of Cats (Aryas) chapters in AFFCAny man who bothered her was apt to see the fig, or hear himself described as an ass's pizzle or a camel's c**t.It sounds pretty cool :cool4: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sevumar Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 I imagined it as the middle finger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light a wight tonight Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Clenched fist with the thumb tip protruding between the index and middle fingers. Also used to avert the evil eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N/A Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 you guys don't know what the "fig" is don't you ?well it's pretty common here in russia it's basically like the finger but here is how it looks http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumb_302/1219612745vqadA0.jpghttp://www.billcasselman.com/Gesture_fist_with_thumb_through_fingers.jpgit's basically and F$#k you move Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
direwienerdog Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 you guys don't know what the "fig" is don't you ?well it's pretty common here in russia it's basically like the finger but here is how it looks http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumb_302/1219612745vqadA0.jpghttp://www.billcasselman.com/Gesture_fist_with_thumb_through_fingers.jpgit's basically and F$#k you moveAwesome Mighty. Once I gave a Brazilian friend the sign for OK and he laughed. I asked him why he was amused. He told me if you invert OK, it basically means up your as&. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N/A Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Awesome Mighty. Once I gave a Brazilian friend the sign for OK and he laughed. I asked him why he was amused. He told me if you invert OK, it basically means up your as&.happy to see that my expertise in foul language helped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light a wight tonight Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 And the circle made with your thumb and index finger that indicates "perfect" in American is calling someone an azzole in German. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeirwoodTreeHugger Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 This might be off topic. The Gay of Thrones recap on funny or die describes Jaime's stump as a cat asshole. Now every time my cat sticks his butt in my face (happens every morning :stillsick: ) I think of Jaime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of the Bastards Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 you guys don't know what the "fig" is don't you ?well it's pretty common here in russia it's basically like the finger but here is how it looks http://thumbs.dreams...12745vqadA0.jpghttp://www.billcasse...ugh_fingers.jpgit's basically and F$#k you movewe do this in germany, tooyou can add to that, saying eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhh, but that's more between my friends and me :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of the Bastards Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 And the circle made with your thumb and index finger that indicates "perfect" in American is calling someone an azzole in German.no, it means the sameread the post above, about the meaning in brazil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhaenysBee Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 you guys don't know what the "fig" is don't you ?well it's pretty common here in russia it's basically like the finger but here is how it looks http://thumbs.dreams...12745vqadA0.jpghttp://www.billcasse...ugh_fingers.jpgit's basically and F$#k you moveIt's pretty common here too. Maybe in every post-socialist country? But it's nowhere near as rude as giving somebody your middle-finger. Is the not so in Russia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N/A Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 It's pretty common here too. Maybe in every post-socialist country? But it's nowhere near as rude as giving somebody your middle-finger. Is the not so in Russia?well, it's still pretty rude here, but generally yes the finger is considered worse and more public Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of the Bastards Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 It's pretty common here too. Maybe in every post-socialist country? But it's nowhere near as rude as giving somebody your middle-finger. Is the not so in Russia?it's not as rude as the middle finger, but it's great to shame somebody when he fails to do something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhaenysBee Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 well, it's still pretty rude here, but generally yes the finger is considered worse and more publicit's not as rude as the middle finger, but it's great to shame somebody when he fails to do somethingInteresting. Here it isn't that rude. Well, it's really good to know cultural differences like that though, thanks a lot for telling :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of the Bastards Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Interesting. Here it isn't that rude. Well, it's really good to know cultural differences like that though, thanks a lot for telling :)first things you need to know in a foreign country are insults. it's IMPORTANT! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almighty Stannis Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 I'd never heard of it, thought it was an invention. Gonna use that in future then(I'm in England) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhaenysBee Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 first things you need to know in a foreign country are insults. it's IMPORTANT! :Dabsolutely. So you will know how to insult if you want to and how not to, if you don't want to :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of the Bastards Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 absolutely. So you will know how to insult if you want to and how not to, if you don't want to :Dexactly :D and you will know, if you are being insulteddictionaries need to have insult sign language from now on in them ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhaenysBee Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 exactly :D and you will know, if you are being insulteddictionaries need to have insult sign language from now on in them ;)There were these little books a few years ago... something like, Beware English/German/French/Spanish and they all contained the slang expressions and insults and taboo words of each language. Unfortunately, there were no copies for other languages... Yeah, it'd be fun if dictionaries had a special section for How to insult people in ____ (insert language) :"D Oh LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of the Bastards Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 There were these little books a few years ago... something like, Beware English/German/French/Spanish and they all contained the slang expressions and insults and taboo words of each language. Unfortunately, there were no copies for other languages...Yeah, it'd be fun if dictionaries had a special section for How to insult people in ____ (insert language) :"D Oh LOLi think this thread doesn't let us look so good haha"oh, these two are all about insulting people. tz tz tz." :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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