This seems pretty overblown to me. Basically any hand gesture is an obscene insult in Greece? Maybe someone native wants to offer some perspective?

I'm Australian and I have never heard of the peace sign meaning up yours

I doubt the accuracy of the information in this

The V-sign, isn't the clue to make it with the palm facing away from you? The V-for victory sign is definitely a thing in Great Britain. Churchill somewhat famously did the sign incorrectly the first few times he used it.

So Greece has a problem. Well 👍

Brit here, the V sign has two different meanings dependant on which side of the fingers is shown. If the palm side is shown then it's the same peace sign, if it's the other side then it's offensive.

Funny thing about these is when your country is involved you realize how full of shit the rest must be then.

As a French person born and raised, who lives right next to the Belgian border, never seen 3 used in the way they pretend it is.

It just means 'ok'

I am a turkish person and no the "ok" sign doesn't mean something like that

Anyone from the Phillipines wanna verify that? Getting arrested for a hand gesture seems pretty wild.

Tineye tracks this image back to 2017 and Pimsleur is old school in every way (including factoids) so the info behind it could easily be a last minute drunken assignment from 50 years ago.

We're a lot more globalized and everyone has been exposed to the America "character" through mass media since then. My advice to American tourists is to stop comparing everything to "back home" and to realise you are constantly breaking taboos but your hosts are too polite to tell you. And to remember this when the similarily offend you.

Gotta agree with the Filipinos on number 6 its like calling a dog to heel and its intentionally demeaning.

LMAO were the fuck someone gonna be mad at "ok" in brasil

I'm pretty sure a middle finger could get you in trouble abroad

Out of curiosity, in which parts of Australia is the V sign insulting? I'd only recognise it as an insult because I grew up watching British sitcoms, I've never seen it used that way in person.

Also, don't make the crip sign in criplandia

The idea that I can't throw up devil horns at a Wig Wam concert just doesn't compute to me.