Lost in Translation

Stick up your index finger and your pinky and you've got "Hang Loose" in Hawaii ... or, if you're George W. Bush, you've got 'Hook 'em Horns!," the University of Texas sign ... or if you're a Norwegian, you've got ...

OSLO, Norway - President Bush's "Hook 'em, 'horns" salute got lost in translation in Norway, where shocked people interpreted his hand gesture during his inauguration as a salute to Satan.

That's what it means in the Nordics when you throw up the right hand with the index and pinky fingers raised, a gesture popular among heavy metal groups and their fans in the region.

"Shock greeting from Bush daughter," a headline in the Norwegian Internet newspaper Nettavisen said above a photograph of Bush's daughter Jenna, smiling and showing the sign. (more here)