[Ads-l] new gesture

Douglas G. Wilson douglas at NB.NET
Mon Jun 15 02:11:27 UTC 2015


On 6/14/2015 6:56 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      new gesture
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> At the end of this Tire Rack commercial from last year is a "breaking
> heart" gesture that I've never seen before.  The first few times I saw it,
> I couldn't even figure out what was going on.
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> Watch the girl on the left.
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ott-SmHYYso
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Is the corresponding basic two-handed intact-heart gesture a familiar one?

-- Doug Wilson

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