Thursday, March 11, 2010
Week 7-Nonverbal Messages in Other Countries
Growing up I always thought that the peace sign was always something appropriate. The peace sign for those of you who do not know what it is, it is when the index finger and the middle finger straight up and the other fingers are kept down by being held down by the thumb. I did not know until I got to college that the peace sign can mean the F word if held up the wrong way. I also did not know that sticking your tongue out to people in China (I could be wrong) is also considered to be the F word. I also heard that pulling down the skin under one of your eyes and sticking your tongue out is also like saying the F word. I do not know where, but I also heard in parts of the middle east, a thumbs up is also like the F word. It is interesting to know that people in different parts of the world accept or reject certain body gestures. Perhaps if there were more awareness for the people in America to know what is not acceptable body gestures in other parts of the world, maybe other countries would hate us less. =)
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I like how a lot of us have been writing about the peace sign! It's really weird how it can mean something completely different in other places.
ReplyDeleteThe pulling down the skin under your eye and sticking out your tongue I'm pretty sure is the F word. Which is HILARIOUS since I remember they used to use it all the time in the first cartoon of Pokemon! I always remember me and my friends doing it to each other, because we simply thought it was something funny. It actually wasn't until maybe a few years ago that I learned what it actually meant to do that. Crazy!