Talk:Moutza

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Is there any connection between this and the modern "Talk to the hand" gesture"?Kevin 04:28, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't think so. I didn't even know about the gesture you mentioned and I had to google it. Seems completely unrelated.

"Moutza" is typically used to show your disapproval of something the other person has done or even that don't like him because he is incompetent/useless/an idiot/a bastard etc. For example, a Greek watching a player of his favorite football team kicking the ball from the penalty mark and missing the goalpost completely may become angry and use the "moutza" gesture pointing his palm(s) towards his TV! (implying that the player is incompetent)

BTW, I 'm Greek and I bet that 95%+ of the Greeks don't know about the origin of "moutza"! (I didn't, although I knew it was a very old gesture.)77.49.205.228 10:47, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Are the fingers generally spread in the Moutza? Because in the "talk to the hand" gesture, they're ususally closed. Kevin 15:51, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

The wider they spread the better. It has nothing to do as a meaning with "I'm fed up with your blubber". What it says is "up yours". I'd compare it to the finger, which btw is much rarer in Greece (due to the full palm thing). I think this can be explained by the actual original meaning: How would you quickly spread cinder on someone's face or body? Definitely with the palm open. NikoSilver 12:25, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hand reading

Whose hand is this? I can read a long and adventurous life ahead of you... ;-) Politis 11:54, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

See my awards bre moirologistra. :-) NikoSilver 12:19, 29 September 2007 (UTC)