A few days ago
did the “pinky swear” come form snooty english people?
Dose “pinky swear”-ing represent shaking hands or making a bet final by old snooty people?
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The last time I recall using the “pinky swear” was as a very young youngster… haven’t even heard of it again during all these years.
It was just used if you were too chicken to take a blood oath. (hahaha…) No shaking hands, no final bets were made this way to my knowledge, at least not by the snooty people I played with.
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A few days ago
To pinky swear is when two people entwine their pinky fingers—and then kiss the back of their hands most commonly of the same respective hands—to signify that a promise has been made. Traditionally, the pinky swear is considered binding and tantamount to a handshake in terms of sealing a deal. The pinky swear originally indicated that the person who breaks the promise must cut off their pinky finger.
In modern times, pinky swearing is a more informal way of sealing a promise. It is most common among school-age children and close friends. The pinky swear signifies a promise that cannot be broken or counteracted by the crossing of fingers, the “I take it back” or any other trickery
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In Korea, The story goes: A princess chooses her prince to be wed, when asked what finger she was holding out. She must find a Prince to unite Pinkys for their matrimony. After the Princess had gotten married with this prince, he later parted ways for war and he’d made a pinky promise for his return. On the 49th day after his disappearance, he came back, but only to realize he came back as a ghost. As the prince kept his promise, even after death.
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A few days ago
Unlikely. I’m English and I’d never even heard of it before I read this question.
It apparently originally meant that the person who broke the promise should chop off their finger in atonement.
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It’s kind of interesting that bicardi and gandalf’s answer is exactly what is on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinky_swear, but neither of them has source. That’s sort of plagerism.
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