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TaikaJamppa t1_itv7s17 wrote

Reply to comment by Make_the_music_stop in 3 spies an brit, a russian, and an italian are captured. by KarmicComic12334

So that’s… how you shut up an Italian? Hold their hands? Just like a person using sign language, you just turn the lights off? 😆

Edit: Come to think of it, Italians are speaking in sign language… kind of? So holding either’s hand would shut both up?

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Stay-At-Home-Jedi t1_itvnrxj wrote

As a Hispanic (similar but not the same), I've tried to talk with my hands in my pockets - it is nigh impossible.

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TaikaJamppa t1_itvr3p1 wrote

Well, being Finnish myself… I usually keep my hands to the side. Then again, I barely talk. No, I’m not mute, just Finnish.

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iaqualdo t1_itvx36t wrote

You may be joking but it actually kinda is

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesticulation_in_Italian

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teneggomelet t1_itw6tsj wrote

I actually saw a fender-bender accident in front of my little hotel in Italy

The next hour I just sat on my balcony and watched the show. The hand waving and arguing was insanly entertaining. Even people who weren't even there to see the accident would walk by and get involved in the arguing and gesticulating.

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Ghaladh t1_itwd0p3 wrote

You should have joined in with random yells and hand gestures. Just go "eeeeeeeeeh", "ooooooooooh", "ueh" and do something with your hands. they would have been scared and confused and drop the argument.

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