Mo’ Bettah

In Hawai‘i we might say
“This one mo’ bettah than that one” for, say, a flavor of shave ice,
and perhaps, “This buggah mo’ bettah than that one” for a person,
with “that one” maybe getting a head nod or a pointing finger,
be it thumb, index or middle.
In England they use the index and middle finger forming a V,
backhand toward you (so as not to be confused with a peace symbol)
to say, “Up yours.”
The prevailing theory for this gesture goes back to the 15th Century
when British archers at Agincourt would use the gesture to show the French
they still had their index and middle fingers
with which to draw the arrows they’d use to skewer the French,
who notoriously cut off those draw fingers if they caught an English archer.
Whether true or not
it’s mo’ bettah to request two beers in England
with your thumb and index finger,
lest an inadvertent backward V
Incite a previously peaceful bartender to kick your a**.