I apologise in advance for the final line of this script.

@jaydendixon7300

4 жыл бұрын

ok

@icedragon4008

4 жыл бұрын

ok

@Exchromer

4 жыл бұрын

ok boomer

@adamchaudhry9264

4 жыл бұрын

K

@lockster2664

4 жыл бұрын

time traveler!!!!!!

Me: *makes a gesture with my hands to indicate an object* linguists: iconic

@jaymesm2780

4 жыл бұрын

What an icon

@13gudadod

4 жыл бұрын

What a legend

@eefee22

4 жыл бұрын

What a beast

@Noobelix

4 жыл бұрын

What

@gtforever7474

4 жыл бұрын

A

“I don’t want a gif of that haunting me for the rest of my life” We were on the verge of greatness. We were _this_ close

@suwinkhamchaiwong8382

4 жыл бұрын

i want me

@pranavlimaye

4 жыл бұрын

@@suwinkhamchaiwong8382 And I don't

@plzletmebefrank

4 жыл бұрын

We should find a way to make a gif of it anyways.

@mylesharrison2455

3 жыл бұрын

@@plzletmebefrank deepfake

@want-diversecontent3887

3 жыл бұрын

Men

“I don’t want a gif of that haunting me for the rest of my life” Cowardice

@ideatician4280

3 жыл бұрын

What a tease as well. I didn't know that I needed that gif.

@tuuresarolahti6247

2 жыл бұрын

*laughs in vape*

@unrelatedK

2 жыл бұрын

@@tuuresarolahti6247 There is actually a- *augh achfjn ajdjsbdvvdbdnskjqkwkekejkkkksskkd*

When someone asks me what "Dabbing" is, my favorite description is "Imagine a Nazi sneezing mid-salute".

@Pimkly

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 OMG it’s true!! Can’t stop laughing

@sushant2664

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@rootabeta9015

3 жыл бұрын

@anomie nous You must be fun at parties

@rootabeta9015

3 жыл бұрын

@anomie nous Good lord, at least I'm not so far along on the pretentious spectrum. You decide to take the fun out of something that's obviously a joke, then get prissy when someone calls you out on it? Someone wise once told me to have some self awareness before I start casting stones - and I think that might be very, very good advice for you to follow.

@2huUuuUUUU

3 жыл бұрын

Accurate

Tactically skipping the middle finger there

@yannickmartens2041

4 жыл бұрын

Because that's rude and has a meaning, which makes it inapplicable for when he's trying to show that using other figures for the gesture doesn't have the same meaning.

@TheRealGirlWeeb

4 жыл бұрын

@@yannickmartens2041 Well, doesn't that make it perfect to show it holds a different meaning to "thumbs up"?

@xilogex7403

4 жыл бұрын

@@LickMyMusketBallsYankee ok Mr "lick my musket balls yankee"

@hankschroder5774

4 жыл бұрын

Strong hand motion

@paulqueripel3493

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheRealGirlWeeb Depending on the country, thumbs up can mean the same as middle finger.

If our hands and arms are unavailable, we can compensate by shooting lasers from other parts of our body

@Madhattersinjeans

4 жыл бұрын

Ask your parents.

@aljon5947

4 жыл бұрын

3:11

@theseangle

4 жыл бұрын

@@aljon5947 "ar ays a ar a limbs"

@NitroIndigo

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a WikiHow caption.

@t_aikutsu

3 жыл бұрын

What 'other parts'?

1:45 Tom tactically skipping another emblem ...

@reanetsemoleleki8219

4 жыл бұрын

He's skipping demonetisation.

@B0rgerX_

3 жыл бұрын

ah yes lmao

@emilysmith2965

2 жыл бұрын

This is a gestural demonstration of flouting Grice’s maxims for effect, i.e. it’s language and we’re all in on the joke.

@romanbundy921

3 ай бұрын

I was looking for someone else to notice he missed the middle finger, and now I did 😂

The main thing this video taught me is Tom has extremely long thumbs

@Cervantesbracetty

4 жыл бұрын

Your avatar looks like Tom. Are u guys twins 👯‍♀️

@realnoahsimpson

4 жыл бұрын

👀

@Flowermouth

4 жыл бұрын

Can't unsee it. Hate this 😂😂

@JavierAlbinarrate

4 жыл бұрын

Not just long... but offensive thumbs.

@requiem165

3 жыл бұрын

Heh

Because moving someone else's is weird.

@MisterAppleEsq

4 жыл бұрын

+

@Markone99

4 жыл бұрын

Technically not wrong

@stetsuninu2374

4 жыл бұрын

couldn't bring myself to like this comment as, at the time of writing, there are 69 likes. but i do like this comment

@DomenBremecXCVI

4 жыл бұрын

@@stetsuninu2374 I totally understand, did that a few times.

@Eylrid

4 жыл бұрын

Helen Keller disagrees

Tom is the youngest old person I've ever seen

@applescruff1679

4 жыл бұрын

Look up Philip Amthor, a german politician, the oldest 26-year-old 😂

@meetaverma8372

4 жыл бұрын

He's not really old, he's 36 -says me, a 21 year old 👀👀

@headcanon6408

4 жыл бұрын

Tall Monkee I can't tell if he's the youngest old person ever or the oldest young person ever

@theseangle

4 жыл бұрын

@@applescruff1679 Philipp looks like he's 9 years and 65 years old at the same time

@wondermittens1844

4 жыл бұрын

_oh my god it's in words_

neat. Every single gesture made in this video was prosodic - it fit with the stress-timed rhythm of English. Is it possible to gesture against prosody?

@sohamsengupta6470

3 жыл бұрын

I'd think it would be a bit of a task to do, cause regardless of what language you're speaking you'll always have stresses, and you'll always focus on those stresses. So gestures against prosody is basically gonna be the same as a bassline never landing on the downbeat, but with the distinction that it's probably gonna be a whole bunch more difficult and uncomfortable for both speaker and listener. Just my guesses, nothing more. Cheers.

@genericembarrassingusernam7843

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds like it would feel like walking but with the wrong arm movements, but even worse

@markchinguz4401

3 жыл бұрын

I think jazz musicians like yourself could maybe do it. Like seeing it as a weird polyrhythm

@FabulousKilljoy

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know you watched Tom

@lazprayogha

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine a polyrhythmic prosodic gesture

As an italian I always feel called out when this topic comes up

@_fedmar_

3 жыл бұрын

PURE IOO

@sbp4215

2 жыл бұрын

👌

@aod8770

2 жыл бұрын

🤌

@luckart999

2 жыл бұрын

🤌

@drakkonscythe

2 жыл бұрын

👌

"I would demonstrate that by dabbing, but I don't want a GIF of that to haunt me for the rest of my life." At this point, there are much much worse things you could do than dab. The floss comes to mind.

@kenjidev576

4 жыл бұрын

dab it!

@irakyl

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not seeing enough movement!

@3lH4ck3rC0mf0r7

4 жыл бұрын

I just had the best worst idea: Deepfake Tom Scott doing the Harlem Shake

@mimimarcus

4 жыл бұрын

The Floss is the ugliest dance that's ever befallen upon humanity.

@rowanmiller7062

4 жыл бұрын

I shouldn’t have done that. It’s not the Jedi way.

"If you swap fingers-" *carefully avoids middle finger without saying anything*

@Fringewonder

3 жыл бұрын

I noticed that.

@Devlinator61116

3 жыл бұрын

Even Mr. Rogers showed the middle finger.

@clockworkpotato9892

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh that icon!

"Soundwaves are gone and they are never coming back" Say that to my left arrow key

@saltations_

4 жыл бұрын

Good God, same yo

@loganricherson3749

4 жыл бұрын

Say that to my echoey room

@anselmschueler

3 жыл бұрын

J

@MonkeyJedi99

3 жыл бұрын

But neither the replay nor the echo are the "same" sound. They are either a repeat of the sound (in the case of the repeat) or altered by the surface(s) from which it echoed.

I was a teacher for 35 years, and became very well known for my gestures, to the extent that I was asked more than once why I was not an actor. I also used to pace around the classroom, drawing all of the class into a lesson. I was once challenged to teach a lesson without moving. I sat on my hands to prevent any movement, but after 5 minutes the class asked me to return to normal. I had gone from a fluent and confident speaker with often dramatic gestures to a hesitant and bumbling speaker who forgot what they were saying, used "umm" and "erm" repeatedly. I could barely string words together to create meaningful sentences. Since then I have regarded gesture as the conducting of the orchestra of my speech. Unfortunately, I am just as dramatic when talking on the phone, much to the amusement of others, but if i stop, again my words dry up.

@7249xxl

11 ай бұрын

I kinda want to see you talk and hear a lecture

@ChantelStays

Ай бұрын

I truly resonate

Tom scott likes his animated martinis shakened, not stirred.

@GrimFate08

4 жыл бұрын

Shaken*

@kenjidev576

4 жыл бұрын

Tom 007

@Altonahk

4 жыл бұрын

Martini should be stirred, not shaken. Period.

@joaogabrielstefano4105

4 жыл бұрын

@@Altonahk your martini should be as you want it, because it's yours lmao

@ThatReplyGuy

4 жыл бұрын

The name's Scott. Tom Scott.

"once its gone, its not coming back" Me: goes back 10 seconds

@WangleLine

4 жыл бұрын

I'm speechless

@luongmaihunggia

4 жыл бұрын

The laws of time are mine

@thatoneguy9582

4 жыл бұрын

WangleLine well he’s not

@shitmultiverse1404

4 жыл бұрын

Big brain time

@OrangeC7

3 жыл бұрын

@@luongmaihunggia Reality can be whatever I want it to be

When I went to japan as an exchange student, I sat in some of their English lessons. In the particular school I went to, they actually had "gesture" classes, where they would learn the correct gestures to do alongside their English speaking. Turns out that in Japanese, people rarely gesture anything at all, which is baffling to me.

@jamesharding3459

Жыл бұрын

It’s a personal thing. I hardly gesture at all when I’m speaking.

@hh-qy8zt

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesharding3459 not using gestures makes the speaker appear less credible and trustworthy

@jamesharding3459

Жыл бұрын

@@hh-qy8zt And gesturing makes the speaker appear overly emotional and unprofessional.

@hh-qy8zt

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesharding3459 Well this guy in the video definitely uses gestures toooooo much. It distract from his message when in reality, it's supposed to punctuate or emphasize your message.

@jailyngordon4798

Жыл бұрын

That's really interesting! I've been learning the language and some Japanese social norms with the hope of visiting the country one day, now I know that this is something to read about.

Alright, time to make a deepfake of Tom dabbing.

@juhotuho10

4 жыл бұрын

i think it could be quite simple, just record yourself dabbing in front of a greenscreen with a similar red shirt and replace the face. bonus points if you make him say "dab" right before

@danlyle531

4 жыл бұрын

Got to use the dodgy software that Tom used to swap in Matt Parker's face that time

@thinfourth

4 жыл бұрын

The internet sayes this must be done

@novameowww

4 жыл бұрын

Tom made a video about this, but it was about unethical pornography rather than unethical dab giffing.

@talhatariqyuluqatdis

4 жыл бұрын

YES PLEASE!

Don't worry, you don't need to dab to have a GIF of yourself haunt you for the rest of your jellyfish.

@AFrogInTheStars

4 жыл бұрын

Paper deepfake??

@Kawa-oneechan

4 жыл бұрын

I got that reference!

@rambysophistry1220

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if there are enough water sheep for that though...

@Konclan

4 жыл бұрын

*ueugh*

@tttITA10

4 жыл бұрын

@@swissmeat1227 Watch his last video on linguistics!

Lets rename the video "" Why was I born an Italian?''

@monafish44

3 жыл бұрын

Divertente perché vero

@samvision8280

3 жыл бұрын

🤌🏻 🤌🏻

@izzyfloof1083

2 жыл бұрын

I guess I'm Italian now

@sgnosymfoemos

2 жыл бұрын

Buon giorno! It-a me, Tom-a Scott-a!

"Gestures are the emoji of the real world" - Tom Scott (2019)

@leonardschmid486

4 жыл бұрын

You can just feel the regret pouring out of every sillible.

@F-Lambda

3 жыл бұрын

Emojii are the gestures of written text.

1999: emoji are basically gestures for the internet 2019: gestures are basically emoji for the real world

@Madhattersinjeans

4 жыл бұрын

emoji are a curse upon our languages. I've only found a few that weren't obnoxious or easily percieved as sarcastic.

@WilliamBrown-lx9om

4 жыл бұрын

ok boomer

@thelastcube.

4 жыл бұрын

@@WilliamBrown-lx9om well, it's actually the boomers who use emojis unironically the most

@666Tomato666

4 жыл бұрын

@@thelastcube. while millenials are most likely to use emoticons

@DemanaJaire

4 жыл бұрын

Emoji started to be used globally in around 2011. That 1999 is an overstatement.

Never noticed that, but holy moly Tom has a long thumb

@TheDavethesituation

4 жыл бұрын

Tom Scott ruined forever now thanks 👍

@Nadia1989

4 жыл бұрын

😏

@zperk13

4 жыл бұрын

wtf

@MihkelKukk

4 жыл бұрын

I'm actually jealous of his thumb now, always wanted my fingers to be just a bit longer ya know...

@KeyboardNewbie

4 жыл бұрын

I noticed that too but didn't want to say it 😅

"Those sound waves have moved on and they aren't coming back." An echo: Right back at you.

"i could demonstrate dabbing, but i dont want a gif of that to haunt me for the rest of my life..." this gave me a good chuckle

Tom's a very beat oriented gesturer. His favorite is left hand in a fist, thumb up, about belly button height, right hand palm down fingers spread coming down on top of the fist (0:15). It's a very uniquely "Tom" gesture.

@Concretizer

4 жыл бұрын

time to call this the "Tom Gesture"

@rickseiden1

4 жыл бұрын

@@Concretizer I'm with you! I've never seen anyone else do it. If Tom's friends were ever to do an impression of him, it would have to start with the "Tom Gesture"!

@sourishw.5865

4 жыл бұрын

3:05 too!

@jrico6791

4 жыл бұрын

When I tried it, closing the right hand instead felt more natural. Tom and I are both righties so maybe it's like clasping your hands together with a certain thumb on top and has nothing to do with dominant hands.

@reanetsemoleleki8219

4 жыл бұрын

So basically Tom has "rap hands".

I really love Tom has gotten back into his original field, Linguistics. He's a good science communicator and Linguistics is very interesting to a lot of people, I think.

@mirjanbouma

4 жыл бұрын

I agree! Linguistics is fascinating.

@bakabiru2519

4 жыл бұрын

i'm digging it

@soyjoyy

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@purplefire2834

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, these linguistics videos are amazing

@aubs400

3 жыл бұрын

Of course, linguistics is technically a blend between the disciplines of the humanities and social sciences, as opposed to the natural sciences, which most people simply call "science".

I’ve noticed that when I’m speaking in my second language, I tend to gesture far more than usual. I think I unconsciously do it because I still do not possess the same level of lyrical dexterity as I do in my native language, and as such, spoken words are often not enough to convey the full meaning.

@rubenmatinezlopez2662

2 жыл бұрын

In my case it happens the other way around, but for the same reasons

@OddTastySausage

Жыл бұрын

@@rubenmatinezlopez2662 oh...

Thanks Tom. Can you now send this video link to all the endless commenters who quiz me about my hand movements?

@Brave_Sir_Robin

2 жыл бұрын

Why isn’t your channel verified??

*my mom talking to someone on the phone* *argument begins (still through phone)* *her arms:* 👆👇👉👇👇👆👉🤚👆🤘👍👊👈☝️✋

@tttITA10

4 жыл бұрын

I like how they go satanic positive fistbump.

@talhatariqyuluqatdis

4 жыл бұрын

XD nice

@benjyyy4168

4 жыл бұрын

Don't need bold...

@bakabiru2519

4 жыл бұрын

if they know your mom as well as you and I do, they can probably hear the gestures

@bakabiru2519

4 жыл бұрын

@@benjyyy4168 better than greentext arrows

As far as context for thumbs up not being agreement, in scuba diving hand signals thumbs up and thumbs down means "Let's swim up/down". Signaling a thumbs up out of nowhere can be interpreted as "something is wrong, abort dive and go to the surface with me" and then the ok hand sign (index thumb circle with the other fingers fanned out) is used for universal agreement and things are okay

@johnmiller8884

4 жыл бұрын

Making all scuba divers white supremacists, yes?

@martinlidestam2329

4 жыл бұрын

Bean Boy Imagine not knowing that when something really goes wrong, an just being like ”Oh great! That water wasn’t actually dangerous to swim in, lets keep going!”

@bassam_salim

4 жыл бұрын

In my country the scuba diving' okay sign is used when you want to threaten somebody that you well beat him up, usually used by or for kids

@rich1051414

4 жыл бұрын

I always wondered why divers always thumbs up each other, I always assumed they were satisfied and happy, so they are returning to the surface xD

@marcelosantos5683

4 жыл бұрын

Here on Brazil the "ok hand" is not "ok", it's something rude, like, worse than middle finger

Great video, Scott!

@jax6648

2 жыл бұрын

Second reply to a verified youtuber?

Tom Scott dabbing is a dream I’ve never dreamt but only now realise the hilariousness of...

In the Finnish language, the hand movements tend to be very limited, and it is quite normal that when discussing something you're not moving your hands at all. However, I've noticed that whenever I speak English, I move my hands considerably more than what I do when speaking Finnish

@marylegan2046

4 жыл бұрын

That is very interesting! I am an English speaker who uses LOTS of gestures. Friends tease me, saying that I speak Italian. I wonder which other languages use more or fewer gestures? Tom needs to get on that.

@alessiofe

4 жыл бұрын

I think it's because you are not 100% comfortable using only the language and feel the need to "help" your communication with the use of your hands, or it's just an uncontrollable way for your body to express stress in that situation.

@Pyovali

4 жыл бұрын

Finnish has tone particles embedded to it, which replace gestures or even emotions.

@Cruxador

4 жыл бұрын

Not just hands, I move every part of me more in Spanish than in English and more in English than in Danish. I wonder if it's coincidence that this corresponds to latitude?

@juusotaskinen452

4 жыл бұрын

Same here

My father would make me sit on my hands in order to use language to describe things instead of my hands... it was really tough to do and never got the hang of it. I use my hands while talking all the time. Sorry Dad

@TheSneezingAnouki

3 жыл бұрын

Why tho

@pepsimanv6124

3 жыл бұрын

wut type of dad restrict their child from delivering more info by forbidding gestures?

@Efflorescentey

3 жыл бұрын

What an arse 😂

@lyrqk5829

3 жыл бұрын

why....? that's like asking someone to speak while biting a stick - doable, but kind of difficult and pointless.

2:27 normal people: misunderstanding Tom: decoding and encoding errors

What’s really fun is examining gestural use in Sign Language. They often have far more elaborate systems of emblems or “signifiers” to represent ideas. So, instead of having to say that one car hit another car sideways, I can just use the vehicle hand signs, and demonstrate the whole scene. Turn one vehicle handsign into a human handsign, and you can demonstrate a tragedy, or a comedy, as the person blindly faceplants into a parked car.

1:44 Tom gracefully avoids flipping off the audience two days before Christmas

@meetaverma8372

4 жыл бұрын

That made me laugh

finguistics

@liv9589

4 жыл бұрын

* Kazi fanboy intensifies *

@kenjidev576

4 жыл бұрын

pun is fun

@Bigfunnyhah

4 жыл бұрын

Heropon Riiiiiiiiiiikiii

@sirorange6804

4 жыл бұрын

i WAS top of my class in linguistics

@camchaunguyen

3 жыл бұрын

1000th like 😎

Often I can be found wandering around the house, gesturing as if speaking to a crowd while silent... I do a lot of internal monologuing now I think on it.

you often do this 1:29 "don't freak out now, stay calm, I'll get there"

@aliveslice

3 жыл бұрын

Instant zen

I've watched you do the "paper covers rock" hand motion while speaking for years now. I don't believe I've seen anyone else do that hand motion. You seem to be implying "These words are my bullet points. Pay Critical Attention Now." Good luck not being completely self conscious in your upcoming videos ;)

I just wish the animator had drawn some of those lines in perspective

@ancis1327

3 жыл бұрын

The Macro King has spoken

@TusharSundarka

3 жыл бұрын

omg Taran!

I don't JUST move my hands when I talk, I throw myself about the room!

3:54 more like, "Emojis are gestures in the virtual world"

I've lived in Spain for over 15 years and I could swear the Spanish gesture even more animatedly when on the phone than not - it's almost like a compensation for the frustration that their facial expressions can't be seen!

@Zancoth

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, funny thought! There just might be something to that idea.

@SpiritmanProductions

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the physical act of gesturing subtly alters the sound of speech, which the person at the other end subconsciously picks up. 🤔

On a neurological level, the brain region most responsible for language production (Broca's area) has also been found to be active in primates when using gestural communication, and important for orofacial muscle control. Some hypotheses suggest that complex symbolic language may have arisen from vocalizations that accompanied a primarily gestural form of communication in human ancestors. So our brains are literally wired to do the arm-waving-thing while doing the lip-flapping-thing.

@KainYusanagi

4 жыл бұрын

Someone cuts you off and you angrily flip them the bird. Yes, humans are DEFINITELY wired to do the arm-waving-thing. :D

@sarahprunierlaw9147

4 жыл бұрын

cool!

2:37 me : *rewinds* "wrong"

2:16 Don’t worry. We’ll create a deepfake GIF of you dabbing for you.

@meetaverma8372

4 жыл бұрын

Upload it to KZread

Maroon shirt is back

@shay.w.5812

4 жыл бұрын

i think it's red but the saturation is altered

@howardbaxter2514

4 жыл бұрын

@Versal Mit Unterstrich Navy blue is just maroon blue change my mind.

@patc1448

4 жыл бұрын

tbh it looks like redwood red to me

@nikobellic2086

4 жыл бұрын

Versal Mit Unterstrich what about purple

You should have made beginning of this video without moving. Just standing still like a statue and talk... and then mention that this is very strange for anyone that looks at you while we wouldn't have a problem with a voice over. But nonetheless good work ;)

@poiiihy

4 жыл бұрын

That would be interesting to see

2020 new years resolution: get a gif of Tom Scott dabbing

@meetaverma8372

4 жыл бұрын

Post it online

“Speech is ephemeral” This is going to be terribly off-topic but I need to get it off my chest: This is the exact thing people don’t seem to understand about social media: if you and I are talking and one of us says something stupid, hey fine, we can just pretend it didn’t happen and forget all about it. If you _post the same thing on Twitter or Facebook_ well hey, now it’s on the record and it might just come back to bite you in the ass. Yet people largely treat it the same as normal, ephemeral speech, causing no end of strife for... well, for society as a whole.

1:43 I like how Tom gestured with every finger except the middle one. Watching someone talk in a video seems so natural nowadays, until you remember how much of that speech is deliberate and not spontaneous.

3:08 Yep! I don’t know if it’s a Spanish language thing or a Puertorican thing, but down here people use their mouth to point at things or to point at the right direction if you are lost and asked for help!

Finally, a sponsorship that is acceptable. A video that I can learn something from and at the end a short promo for the book. Thanks. I like it this way

War Doctor: "Are you capable of speaking without flapping your hands about?" 11th Doctor: "Yes... ...no."

@melodyfussell829

3 жыл бұрын

I literally just sat here and did the hand flap when I read this.

That's incredibly interesting that people who have been blind since birth gesture as I am assuming it would be based off the feeling of moving through 3d space. Like seeing a thumbs up is one thing but what if it's recognized as fingers touching one's palm at a certain angle at a certain position away from the body.

@zuthalsoraniz6764

4 жыл бұрын

Landing Gear Your muscles and joints all have sensory cells in them that tell your brain how each part of your body is oriented relative to the rest. That‘s why you can do stuff like tapping your own nose even with your eyes closed.

Tom had an argument with his animator and this video is his way of getting back at him.

Love how he makes all the finger up signs and says they don't mean anything else but he clearly skipped the middle finger.

Also, interrupting people without talking over them.

@Madhattersinjeans

4 жыл бұрын

It's usually the result of people not being in sync when talking to each other. It's really an example of when communication breaks down. If two people are trying to talk at once it means someone isn't listening to the other one.

I like the obvious attempt to avoid a certain finger at 1:44

I still think it's fascinating that human beings rely so much on facial expression that when we collectively moved into a medium that denied us the ability to see and convey facial expression, we *invented a new way to convey facial expression* .

3:40, This implies that some genstures are somewhat hardwired into our systems, which an interesting concept for pre vocal, language based communication.

this is, *hands down*, one of the best linguistics videos that you've made haha i made a funny in all seriousness, good video

Italians be like

@a_b_c

4 жыл бұрын

@@dirt_slab lmao

@simonemastroianni1985

4 жыл бұрын

Here I am

@tadeogalvan565

4 жыл бұрын

Gorlooomi

@DaedalusCommunity

4 жыл бұрын

@Skain prossimo chitarrista

@kenjidev576

4 жыл бұрын

ok

It is refreshing to see a channel that's serious about citing its sources. I would encourage other KZreadrs to consider doing the same.

1:43 I love how he's *really* trying to avoid lifting the wrong finger

1:43 *casually skips over middle finger*

Tom avoids both ‘the bird’ and dabbing in the same video ..... respect level over 9000!

Tom. I just wanna give you mad props for offering sources for all of these kinds of studies. It really shows that you go above and beyond to provide accurate and researched information.

I'm retroactively mad at every high school teacher that told me I move my hands too much when I talk.

the 10 dislikes are from italians

Born and raised in the States then moved to Italy. The day I integrated was when I said "can't you see what I'm talking about?!" while on the phone yet still gesturing

There's a really annoying dust particle near Tom that made me scratch my monitor like a madman, thanks Tom's editor.

The introductive explanation to the categories is SO satisfying to watch..

Gesturing also helps the speaker remember or choose words. I've always thought that gesturing is a way of conducting our speech. Thank you for the video!

"I won't dab" *We were in the verge of greatness*

2:06 In my country thumbs up is still considered rude by many. I can remember an incidence that made national headlines when a bunch of kids on a schoolbus showed thumbs up to a group of armed personnel in uniform from country's elite force (like US navy seal). They interpreted it as rude although those kids just meant to show their respect and enthusiasm due to the force's recent triumph at an anti-terrorist operation. So the force personnel stopped the bus and tried to press charges. However the misunderstanding was not resolved until after the kids were taken to custody and government intervened. The charges were dropped after such a circus.

@Abhijeet-id3fs

2 жыл бұрын

What country are you from?

@saumitrachakravarty

2 жыл бұрын

@@Abhijeet-id3fs Bangladesh

1:06 Am👏I👏doing👏the👏"beat"👏thing👏right?👏

If you come in Italy you'll find out that gestures is a language. There are approximately 250 hand gestures we use in a daily basis.

@mikewellwood1412

4 жыл бұрын

I have noticed that. It's quite an art form in Italy. What we do in the UK is quite crude by comparison. I was interested to notice that the Spanish don't seem to gesture as much as the Italians.

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

4 жыл бұрын

Don't quote me on this, but I've read that the reason for this iconic phenomenon is that, historically, the people of the Italian peninsula spoke different languages, so there was a barrier between people of different regions. If, say, a Friulian was communicating with a Neapolitan, the easiest way for them to understand each other was to use some universal hand gestures.

@ceno10101

4 жыл бұрын

After seeing my grandparents speak, I can totally agree with you there.

How do you give an Italian a speech-impediment? Tie his hands behind his back.

@kenjidev576

4 жыл бұрын

*drum sound*

@Lyle-xc9pg

4 жыл бұрын

Remove his hands

@abudgie6909

4 жыл бұрын

Lyle r/cursedcomments

@laurencefraser

4 жыл бұрын

Also works on pilots, supposedly.

@CaterinaMastrogiacomo

4 жыл бұрын

I'm Italian and I feel personally attacked

This video made me realize how socially inadept I was to non verbal communication. Through my life where I did communicate with others, I noticed I had issues with people following me during talking even though most of it was completely normal and indinstinguishable from other people (except for moving my hands, posture or eye gazes). The realization was then quickly shook, as Tom mentions blind people expressing in the same manner... I am a bit baffled.

The real answer: we're like airbenders but for language

Sony 2021: "The Gestures Movie" *dab*

@rattypie

4 жыл бұрын

a movie where the 🖖🏻 gesture is misconcepted, so it goes out of its owners body and the owner has to get surgery to get another hand

"Why Do We Move Our Hands When We Talk?" I dont do that (roll credits)

0:23 Italy wants to know your location

I just finished reading this book! I'm glad you did a little review of the gestures section. I highly recommend it!

3:25 tom says "shake it off" but the captions say "shake 'em dry"

@romanbundy921

2 ай бұрын

Idk why I found that funny 😂😂😂

Every Italian in the world feels personally attacked.

!!! This was amazing. I'm so glad u made another language video! It's cool that u put the credits in their

I've been teaching for 10 years now, 2 years of training for it, 5 years of university to get there. But only by watching your videos I have realized that I have to change the directions of gestures for "before and after" the students to make sense! Thank you!

I damaged my vocal cords a few years ago and now lose my voice for about a month every year, and I've come to notice a huge increase in the amount of gesturing I do now compared to when I wasn't regularly struggling to convey things vocally. Not just when I don't have my voice - I'm constantly trying to convey with my hands what my mouth is saying, even when my mouth is saying it just fine.

I wanted you to dab

@caenen6869

4 жыл бұрын

*_Tom ye coward!_*

@martinfredskov6830

4 жыл бұрын

Photoshop is a thing 😏

@cry0lite800

4 жыл бұрын

@@martinfredskov6830 Tom's reputation is a thing 😏

@sam-rs8wg

4 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Elytron ok square

@martinfredskov6830

4 жыл бұрын

@@cry0lite800 in a modern day with deep fakes and photoshop, one shouldn't really take any photos too serious

Yay! I love the language files! I did. Linguistics so fascinating, and this series is honestly the reason why I’m doing English language at level soon !

3:41 as someone who has been legally blind since birth, I gesture a lot when I’m talking. So much so that I nearly poke people in their eyes if they’re standing beside me

I'm moving my hands while writing this

@rabbitpiet7182

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Johansen haha took me a bit