[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I was unaware of that fact. I could have gotten into series (sic) and yuge trouble in Britian.

[tomkat]

LOL !
A little fun context for any future pics you might see of Brits, Churchill, etc
I'd imagine it's also a custom carried over in the Commonwealth countries et al .. pretty sure the Aussies do the same.

[COBOL2Java]

I was unaware of that fact. I could have gotten into series (sic) and yuge trouble in Britain.

Funny story about that. From the book "Gestures" by Desmond Morris, Peter Collett, Peter Marsh and Marie O'Shaughnessy:

Early in his career, Churchill used the palm-in two-fingered gesture for "Victory" until a staff member politely told him its actual meaning, at which point he reversed it.

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(from the back cover of Morris' book. The gesture in question is #20)