Originally Posted by
iapetus
Everyone tells me that I'm always using my hands when I talk. I never notice this. But it must be why I enjoy speaking Italian so much!
I love the hand gestures, and don't find them threatening at all. They are often a language unto themselves. In what other language can you flick your fingers under your chin (the best I can think of to describe it), and EVERYONE understands what you just didn't say
(I don't know the ASL equivalent)