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The V sign ' (〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Victory Hand )〕 in Unicode) is a hand gesture in which the index and middle fingers are raised and parted, while the other fingers are clenched. It has various meanings, depending on the cultural context and how it is presented. It has been used to represent the letter "V" as in "victory", especially by Allied troops during World War II. The V sign is also used by people of the Commonwealth of Nations except Canada as an offensive gesture (when displayed with the palm inward); and by many others simply to signal the number 2. Since the 1960s, when the "V sign" was widely adopted by the counterculture movement, it has come to be used as a symbol of peace (usually with palm outward). Shortly thereafter, it also became adopted as a gesture used in photographs, especially in Japan. ==Usage== The meaning of the V sign is partially dependent on the manner in which the hand is positioned: * If the palm of the hand faces the signer (i.e., the back of the hand faces the observer), the sign signifies: * * An insult. This usage is restricted largely to Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.〔V sign as an insult: *UK: Staff. (No ban for speeding V-sign biker ) BBC 14 March 2008 *UK: Staff. (Two fingers Prescott ) BBC, 22 May 2001 *IE: Staff. (Shambolic Irish give two fingers to the past ) Irish Independent *AU: *AU: (Karl S. Kruszelnicki ). (Arrow Up Yours & Plague 1 ) (www.abc.net.au ). Accessed 23 April 2008 *NZ: Glyn Harper (Just the Answer ) Alumni Magazine (University ) November 2002. 〕〔Eric Patridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor. (2008.) (''The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English )'', Routledge, p. 683. ISBN 0-203-96211-7〕 * * The number '2' in American Sign Language. * With the back of the hand facing the signer (palm of the hand facing the observer), it can mean: * * the number two * * Victory – in a setting of wartime or competition. It was first popularised in January 1941 by Victor de Laveleye, a Belgian politician in exile, who suggested it as a symbol of unity in a radio speech and the subsequent "V for Victory" campaign by the BBC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=20th July 1941: ‘V for Victory’ widespread across Europe )〕 It is sometimes made using both hands with upraised arms as United States President Dwight Eisenhower, and in imitation of him, Richard Nixon, used to do. (Warplanes would also commonly fly in a 'V' formation, similar to a flock of birds.) * * Peace, or friend – used around the world by peace and counter-culture groups; popularized in the American peace movement of the 1960s. The commonality with the symbol's use from the 1940s was it meaning the "end of war". * * V (the letter) – used when spelling in American Sign Language.〔Staff. (American Manual Alphabet Chart ) Center for Disability Information & Referral (CeDIR), Indiana Institute on Disability and Community at Indiana University〕 * When used with movement, it can mean: * * Air quotes – flexing fingers, palm out, both hands.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Air quotes )〕 * * This hand shape is also used in a number of signs in many sign languages, including (in American Sign Language) "to look" (with the palm down) or "to see" (palm up). When the pointer and middle fingers are pointed at the signer's eyes then turned and the pointer finger is pointed at someone it means "I am watching you." 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="see" American Sign Language (ASL) )〕 * * The ordinal "second" in American Sign Language has the V-sign palm forward, then the hand turns (yaws) until the palm faces backward.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="numbers" ASL American Sign Language )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「V sign」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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