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Bailey's La Culture Française

French culture is quite different from American culture. One of the main differences is in the hand gestures they use. For counting, we in America usually use our index finger as one, our index and middle for two, and our index, middle and ring for three. French do it another way. Holding up your thumb is for one. Thumb and index for two, and thumb, index, middle for three. We consider that odd but remember they think the way we count is awkward too. If an individual is asked how they are doing, there are three basic hand gestures for this also. Good is thumbs up. Bad is thumbs down. Okay, or comme ci comme ça, is flat hand rolled back and forth. http://thetorchonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/smurfs3.jpg