What is Culture?

[@lifestylewithstacey]

I live in Australia and have never heard of someone saying that a thumbs up is a negative meaning. We give our children thumbs up at their sports and send thumbs up emojis in text messages meaning that's good etc

[@debramarshall905]

This is the one symbol that I get the MOST comments on! lol. It was from an elderly Australian couple, about 15 years ago… They did tell me where they were from, but I have since forgotten. Perhaps they were having me on? See my comment to Lucinda above also. I believe you (all of the Aussies that have said my statement is not correct). At some point, maybe I’ll carve out a few minutes to rework that section 😊

[@IlluminatedLIfe]

Thumbs up is not offensive in Australia. It's a good gesture.

[@altaf4939]

👍

[@africancultureghettoking1019]

Blessed

[@marshwiggleme]

FYI I'm Australian and thumbs up is not offensive at all! ;-)

[@richardj.magoma7804]

I was also sceptical about the meaning of thumps up in Australia. It is now an acceptable universal emoji for great,cool,good etc

[@rukhsanasheikh6348]

Great explanation Mam Love from Pakistan

[@lucindajolly4195]

Thumbs up isn't negative in South Africa either -its positive

[@debramarshall905]

it’s also positive in the US, where I am, Lucinda. From what I gather, the thumbs up negative connotation was from a while back.I have had a few students who’ve intimated to me that grandparents who grew up in Australia used it as a negative, and perhaps it’s changed over time (as language, either verbal, or non-spoken can over time). Are there any signs you use in South Africa that I could add when I remake my video? I’d appreciate any contributions 😊

[@MailyJM]

Hi! I loved your video and thank you enormously for finally giving me an answer that I can finally work with (I had mostly found the typical answer of "music, religion, and traditions!" which yes, totally acceptable. But I was looking for a more academical answer XD) I'm an English major's students, and the dissertation that I'm writing has to do with culture (which is not exactly my area of expertice...) and that's why I wanted to ask you... is there any chance that you happen to know who said that?? Kind of like, who invented with those 4 categories for culture?? If you do, I will thank you SO much!! If you don't, I still will thank you for taking the time of reading my comment 🙈

[@Morgan-bp2ld]

Thumbs up in Australia is a positive gesture.

[@manasseskamau5327]

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[@NicoandCashFAN]

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[@rogerchamorro9127]

Babies aren’t born with verbal language. Does that mean they have no thoughts? NO they have their own language crying. They know or manage to conceive that if I do this crying thing long enough eventually I will get what I want or need. There must be thought in that now they might not be aware that they are thinking or perhaps this is survival or instincts at work here but I’m thinking right now and I’m knot verbally expressing it at all. Where are these words coming from? Not language and I assure you that these words I’m typing and not verbalizing originated as thoughts.

[@mohammedaassime8455]

Thanks

[@lachlanskene9225]

Who told you that the 'thumbs up' was offensive in Australia?! :')

[@jessicameiners3632]

A thumbs up is definitely not an insulting gesture in Australia, this video needs to be edited with a better example. It's great information but that example is totally wrong! (I'm from Australia and this video is used in university content so yeah, let's fix this up I think!)

[@debramarshall905]

Hi Jessica, The example was provided to me by some friends (albeit very old) from Australia, so perhaps things have changed, or perhaps their recollections aren’t accurate. The university, I’m sure, has ample capability to make their own videos instead of relying on mine if the content is problematic 😊

[@peterparfitt4743]

@@debramarshall905 Your friends are correct. I remember back in the 1960s there were several ways of using the thumbs up. The offensive way was to extend the hand and thumb and then to make an upwards motion with the thumb, usually accompanied by a suitably grim facial expression or rude comment. This was very different from the more cheerful version which saw the hand and thumb presented with a straight arm with no upwards motion usually accompanied by a smile. Younger Australians may not remember the usage I'm referring to but it was certainly used, quite frequently on the football field :)

[@debramarshall905]

@@peterparfitt4743 Peter, I appreciate the confirmation 😊 Take care and thanks for the comment!

[@africancultureghettoking1019]

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