The Finger
January 18th, 2008 Posted in culture, day to day, lifestyleWritten by Jamie
Here in Argentina, the people are very passionate about everything. From politics to futbol to what part of the country is best, the Argentines show a lot of emotion when getting there point across. This carries over to body language as well. One of the gestures is what we refer to as “the finger”.
It is used when a person responds no to something. Sometimes, the finger-giver even clinches their teeth and makes the associated smacking noise. Some examples of us receiving the finger; making an illegal left turn, attempting to get on a chairlift that wasn’t loading, trying to get gas when the station was out, and asking various store employees if they had a particular item. When we first moved to Argentina in 2005, we thought it was a person being rude to us. As time went on, we realized that it is a part of the culture. Now when we get “the finger”, we just laugh and give each other a high five.
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By usability testing on Apr 26, 2012
Interestingly, prior to his time with Boston in ‘91, he had good K and walk rates (~2.5 BB/9, and K/BB over 2.5) in the minors. But his BB/9 shot up to 4.2 with the Red Sox, and he never got it back below 3.5 in 4 subsequent minor league seasons.