Who else flails their arms and hands about when explaining something

[LittleToasterx]

Well I do it a lot and I bloody wish I didn't. Just wiped my cup of tea out whilst in a zoom call with mum. Smashed mug and tea everywhere!!! 😒 bloody brilliant.

I'm Italian, I always wave my arms around. DS1 does it too even though he was born in the UK and mainly speaks English.

I broke a phone once waving my arms about...it wooshed through the air and smashed.

Yes me. I only really thought about it when I had surgery on my left hand and was told to sit on it. I found it hard to talk!

I do, don't think I could talk if someone tied my hands together.

No and I hate talking to people who do sorry!

I shouldn’t laugh OP

I don’t do it in English but I do in my second language. It’s like I don’t believe that I’m really making sense and need to act out the words as well

I hate it, and it often appears to be youngish women on TV who do it.

Setting the scene here.
Striding down broad stairs, like say the Science Museum (wasn't but anyway) talking and did a yay with arms up and fingers forked. Smote the person behind horribly, I think a finger went up his nose, criiiiinge.

Apparently you normally do it much more when speaking in your second language. I very rarely speak to native English speakers anymore, so I find I copy and wave my hands round enormously, whatever language I'm speaking! And yes, I've broken mugs doing it too

I do all the time. I've spilled drinks everywhere, whacked people with pool cues and hit myself in the face.

I can't help doing it. I don't even realise I'm doing it most of the time, until something goes wrong.

You’ve reminded of the scientist Magnus Pyke who was famous for arm waving and whirling whilst trying to explain things on TV in the 70s.

It's a known fact that if I had my arms tied behind my back speaking would be nigh on impossible. I make Italian men look like those people who pretend to be statues. I even do it when I'm on the phone.

I do. I try to stop it though.

My Nan used to talk with her hands but she put it down to working in a noisy environment when she left school (she was an excellent lip reader, too). I also talk with my hands and point to things, “is the cola in the fridge?” while pointing at the fridge. Some conversations are like I'm directing traffic!

Me. I'm a teacher and have more than once nearly given an unsuspecting child a black eye or thrown a pen half way across the room. When they do their end of term skit of all the teachers it's always one of my 'things'.

I used to. Accidentally punched a nun in the face once though and felt so terrible (and certain I’d go to hell) that I’ve learnt to control it!

The Duchess of Cambridge does a little and she always looks so animated. It's not a bad thing, smashed phones and cups excluded.

I do but I'm Hispanic (first language is Spanish).
I would find it very hard to communicate without hand movements.
It's funny that my English husband does now. I suppose it has rubbed off on him.