Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 19:16:01 -0400

From: "Peter L. Patrick" PPATRICK[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GUVAX.ACC.GEORGETOWN.EDU

Subject: Re: pop one's fingers



As Robert Ness suggested, popping one's fingers is a gesture known in

the Caribbean too. I can't tell you for sure if that term is used, but

when I grew up in Jamaica the gesture was comnmon among children and

young people, often accompanied by raised eyebrows and opened mouth,

as an expression of surprise but sometimes directed at others, as in,

"Oooh, someone's gonna get it!"

Jamaica, of course, has strong cultural and linguistic links

to Ghana.

--peter patrick



PS. If you do it wrong or for too long, it really hurtts!