First, a simple question: have you ever scared a Turk? If the answer is yes, then with high chances you have witnessed a very strange reaction, which is almost guaranteed to give out these people. A frightened Turk or Turkish woman puts her thumb under her front upper teeth and sharply pushes her head up with it. What is the meaning of such a gesture? It is very important for emotional Turks to show how powerful a reaction this or that act caused in them. And the expressive gesture with a finger in his mouth demonstrates that the fright was really strong. And what exactly this movement means, even the Turks themselves cannot unambiguously explain. The gesture is extremely common in the country: it can be seen both in the capital and in the mountain village, it is learned from childhood, just like ours – to knock on wood so as not to jinx it. But who now remembers why you should knock on wood?
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