Obviously have too much time on my hands, but. . .
It’s common (in the US, anyway) , when someone is answering something with ‘Zero’, to make a hand gesture imitating a numeral zero.
Would you normally do it with all fingers curles, or the middle, ring, and pinky somewhat outstretched?
That’s always been the sign for OK.
I would normally do it with my fingers curled.
Eh. . . .Thanks for the info.
I extend my index finger and draw a circle in the air with it.
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It’s the same finger position for zero and okay, but I’ve never seen anyone do “okay” without also moving their hand forward too. Kind of like how the letter Y and the word yellow are the same finger positions in ASL, but yellow involves movement that Y doesn’t.
Like you were holding a…banana?
Be careful where you make the ok or zero gesture. :eek:
FWIW I make the sign for zero and Ok the same way.
A vote for curled here.
My brain doesn’t recognize there as being a hand sign for zero. To me the version with fingers extended is ‘okay’, and the version with fingers closed is some weird sign language symbol I don’t know because I don’t know sign language? Or maybe it’s a baseball signal? I dunno.
I actually remember in my part of the US (Chicago) being jokingly told that the OK sign stands for “asshole” back in the 80s. It was explained as spelling out as A-S-S (pinky-ring-middle finger) and “hole” (the thumb and forefinger “hole” you make in the OK sign.) The area being a mish-mash of ethnicities and cultures, I suppose it was borrowed from one of these cultures and then somebody retrofitted it with an English explanation.
I think I might do it either way.