Our Forefingers Can Say a Great Deal

The forefinger is one of our most important fingers that we use in the world of gestures. How we use it can be have quite different meanings.

If we use it and repeatedly move it downward and upward in a chopping gesture it is acting like a mini club and symbolically brings home a point.

If used in a speech where it is held just above our head and held there, it is saying, 'pay attention' and if you do not then like a club it will come down and become the dominant gesture of pointing.

If you raise it straight up in the air whan another is speaking it is saying with a gesture, 'Excuse me.'

If used in a religious setting is is saying, 'God is my witness.'

If used by someone playing sports is is saying, 'I am number one.'◦

Our Forefingers Can Say a Great Deal