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The New York Sign
New York Sign is a gesture performed with the hand that mimics the letters N and Y, as in the words of New York. The hand sign is an art expression created by New York's artist Miguel Alonso, to represent visually the city of New York.
The gesture ends showing fingers pinky and ring down forming the N letter, fingers index and middle up in a V shape plus the thumb pointing down so the three fingers form the letter Y. The idea is that “only a real new Yorker” will be able to perform the sign correctly, since it needs some practice to stretch the fingers to form perfect N and Y letters.
The gesture can also be performed in two steps, starting pointing two fingers (index and middle) down, and then, pointing the same two fingers up in a V shape, leaving the thumb down, and pointing fingers pinky and ring down.
Another version of the gesture is finishing the two steps pointing two fingers up as in the victory sign.
The New York Sign
New York Sign is a gesture performed with the hand that mimics the letters N and Y, as in the words of New York. The hand sign is an art expression created by New York's artist Miguel Alonso, to represent visually the city of New York.
The gesture ends showing fingers pinky and ring down forming the N letter, fingers index and middle up in a V shape plus the thumb pointing down so the three fingers form the letter Y. The idea is that “only a real new Yorker” will be able to perform the sign correctly, since it needs some practice to stretch the fingers to form perfect N and Y letters.
The gesture can also be performed in two steps, starting pointing two fingers (index and middle) down, and then, pointing the same two fingers up in a V shape, leaving the thumb down, and pointing fingers pinky and ring down.
Another version of the gesture is finishing the two steps pointing two fingers up as in the victory sign.