V and whatnot

[Dave Monroe]

Catching up on old posts here.  I do believe Boyle is
indeed referring to that two-fingered Victory sign a
la Winston Churchill (which, of course, at least
across either ocean on either side of us, when turned
knuckles toward the viewer takes on a somewhat
different connotation ...).  And thanks for the
reference.  You might also be interested in ...

Rotman, Brian.  Signifying Nothing: The Semiotics
   of Zero.  New York: St. Martin's, 1987.

Rept. Stanford UP, 1994.  Still catching up here ...

--- "Burns, Erik" <Erik.Burns at dowjones.com> wrote:
> Foax:
> 
> Tantalizing line from David Boyle's book "The Sum of
> Our Discontent":
> 
> "Like the V sign across the continent under Nazi
> tyranny, zero became a symbol of numerical freedom,
> a kind of medieval counterculture."
> 
> Anyone know anything more about this use of the "V"
> sign under the Nazis? Can't recollect ever seeing
> anything about this (other than, of course,
> "V-Day" - and it is possible Boyle's just making a
> point about use of the "V" sign, for victory, among
> the Allies during the war).

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