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| + | '''The “quenelle”''' is a vulgar gesture roughly meaning ''“up yours”'', with one hand placed at the top of the other arm stretched down to signify “how far up” this is to be. Using the name of a French dumpling, Dieudonné started using this gesture in a wholly different context years ago, as an expression of defiance, incredulity or indifference. | ||
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| + | [[File:Mbala-quenelle.jpg|thumb|300px|French Comedian Dieudonné demonstrate the quenelle - a gesture which risks landing you with a prison sentence if made in public in France - or banishment from the team if made by an English footballer]] | ||
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| + | Dieudonné explains the quenelle to Sky News which became interested in him and it following controversy over its use by the West Bromwich footballer Nicholas Anelka <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25870640 Nicolas Anelka: West Brom striker denies FA 'quenelle' charge] - BBC Sport 23 January 2013</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 09:27, 25 January 2014
The “quenelle” is a vulgar gesture roughly meaning “up yours”, with one hand placed at the top of the other arm stretched down to signify “how far up” this is to be. Using the name of a French dumpling, Dieudonné started using this gesture in a wholly different context years ago, as an expression of defiance, incredulity or indifference.
Dieudonné explains the quenelle to Sky News which became interested in him and it following controversy over its use by the West Bromwich footballer Nicholas Anelka [1]
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References
- ↑ Nicolas Anelka: West Brom striker denies FA 'quenelle' charge - BBC Sport 23 January 2013
