These Simple Hand Gestures Might Be Highly Misunderstood Abroad

4Finger Summoning

Want to lure someone with your finger? In Singapore and Japan use your words rather than your curled index finger to summon them. Here the move symbolizes death. In the Philippines however, this motion is reserved to call over dogs, dawg. Don’t hound your friends.

Offended countries: The Philippines, Singapore, and Japan.

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