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**invasuant** · 06-25-2012, 05:07 AM

I see gesticulation is associated to an Italic way to speak, which is true, but in this excerpt there are movements that do not seem in tune with the speech, as when the man brings together his fingertips, unless he was being ironical.

Yes, it was irony. The Americans (two Jews and a southern Appalachian) were pretending to be Italian to infiltrate a Nazi German event. They were using the hand gestures in a poor attempt to simulate the way Italians spoke, because they only knew a few words of Italian. The Germans actually spoke fluent Italian. It was all intended for comedy.

06-25-2012, 05:07 AM	#35
invasuant Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 642 Senior Member	I see gesticulation is associated to an Italic way to speak, which is true, but in this excerpt there are movements that do not seem in tune with the speech, as when the man brings together his fingertips, unless he was being ironical. Yes, it was irony. The Americans (two Jews and a southern Appalachian) were pretending to be Italian to infiltrate a Nazi German event. They were using the hand gestures in a poor attempt to simulate the way Italians spoke, because they only knew a few words of Italian. The Germans actually spoke fluent Italian. It was all intended for comedy.
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