Re: Cultural Issue with the Foot Logo

[Gudmund Areskoug <gudmundpublic gmail com>]

Hello Behdad,

Behdad Esfahbod skrev:
> Gudmund Areskoug wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > 2008/10/30 F Wolff <friedel translate org za>:
> > > On Do, 2008-10-30 at 13:27 +0700, Theppitak Karoonboonyanan wrote:
> > > > Dear gnome-i18n,
> > > >
> > > > I believe this is an appropriate place to discuss about cultural
> > > > conventions.
> > > >
> > > > How is a foot interpreted in your culture? Do you have the same
> > > > issue I have met? In my culture, showing foot is considered rude.
> > > > And the foot is not something to impress people who are totally new
> > > > to GNOME.
> > just FWIW, the foot is or has been considered rude or even a heavy
> > insult (duel fodder) in a number of cultures.
>
> There's little information in that sentence without backing it up with real
> names and (hopefully) evidence.

just for starters:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot#In_culture>

Never mind my own circumstantial experiences, e. g. from seeing an 
intermezzo in a street down in Assuan (which b the looks of it would 
have ended in a fierce fight had not the offending one of them 
"skedaddled", rather quickly), or being taught not to show the sole of 
the foot in Aikido, or being told on site in Pompeii about how one could 
show someone utter contempt in ancient Rome by showing the sole of the 
feet/foot to someone and that it might still be considered insulting in 
some parts of the south of Italy etc. etc.

BR,
Gudmund