Week 10/4-10/10 question 2

Although I would like to say that I am skilled and knowledgeable in the ways of different cultural nonverbal messages, I am not. However, there is one that comes to mind that I remember from an older British sitcom when I was a child. I used to watch the show "Are You Being Served" which took place in a British department store in the late 60's or 70's (I don't remember which). One of the gestures that they would do when insulting one another was the would take their index and middle finger, and make a "V" with it. They would then gesture up with their fingers while blowing a raspberry. This gesture was synonymous with "get stuffed," or basically "go screw yourself". This gesture I had never seen in my area of California, and I remember doing it in front of my mom and getting in trouble for it; however when I did it at school in front of my 3rd grade teacher, there were no repercussions. While this is an insignificant nonverbal message, it still was one that would get a reaction out of one culture, while being ignored in another.