Two Finger Salute....

[Niloc]

Many kids when they are photographed or think they might be, hold up two fingers in the 'v for Victory' salute, does this have any meaning in Thailand or is it simply nostalgia for 1945?

[bojo]

Many kids when they are photographed or think they might be, hold up two fingers in the 'v for Victory' salute, does this have any meaning in Thailand or is it simply nostalgia for 1945?

They refer to it as gratai 'rabbit' by which I assume they mean with regard to it's ears, as I have seen many put their fingers in this manner over their heads like floppy.

Regards bojo

[Somtamnication]

Basically it means peace unless you mess with my rice bowl!

[ThaiBasil]

Many kids when they are photographed or think they might be, hold up two fingers in the 'v for Victory' salute, does this have any meaning in Thailand or is it simply nostalgia for 1945?

I still do that a lot in restaurants ........ it basically means: "two beers"

[johnnymoretti]

Don't you worry yourself. Its better than the middle-finger salute!

[p_brownstone]

My children do this all the time - that and the pose with thumb and forefinger cupping the chin.

Drives me crazy sometimes because - to my mind - it looks false and "posed" and ruins a photograph.

Patrick

[mgjackson69]

The "V"/rabbit ears thing is very common amongst children in USA also. I have no idea what it means but it is annoying as hel_l when you are trying to take a group photo and the kids are doing that crap.

[zzaa09]

Don't you worry yourself. Its better than the middle-finger salute!

Throughout some parts of the world, all one would have to do is twist your wrist and the result is two-fingers at ya....eqivelent to the middle-finger extension. Perhaps this motion is a Thai {or Asian} twisted metaphore.

[Brigante7]

Nothing to do with victory salute, peace or rabbitt's ears, the wifes cousin does it in photo's so I asked her and it seems it's something to do with kitty, whatever that is?

Brigante7.