Originally Posted by
ddez
Surfindixon.
Speaking about your avatar. Seems to me if i remember correctly from my time in UK, the hand raised fingers in a V can mean up yours over there. Or possibly victory depending on situation. Am i correct?or is my memory slipping.
Over here its a hand raised with the middle finger up.
Sorry to OP for derailing thread.
It's the Peace sign. The 'V' sign being made with the palm facing forward (or away from the signer). The character is a hippy called Neil from the 80's UK anarchic comedy 'The Young Ones'. It was a sign he made often and was usually accompanied by him saying, 'Peace, man'.
You are correct that the V sign made with palm facing the individual making the sign does indeed have two meanings; Churchill used it as the victory sign, or meaning 'Up Yours'.
The wikipedia entry is far more informative and explains the gesture (and it's history) far better than I could:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign