A Nod of the Head....

[goejavin]

In the Sunday newspaper in one of our our many sophisticated "ask and answer" columns, M.F Stubbs from Silver Spring, Maryland asked "does nodding one's head up and down mean "yes" in all cultures? and "if shaking one's head from side to side always means no in all cultures?"

"Ask Marilyn" replied, "Neither is universal. In parts of Eastern Europe and the Middle East, their meanings are just the opposite." She also claims that "in our culture, we often say goodbye by facing the palm outward, and waving the hand side to side. To many Europeans, that simply means no" (Actually, while waving the hand does mean goodbye to me, it also means no if I'm moving my head back and forth at the same time.)

Anyhozzle, sound right to you Europeans, Middle Easterners? What does a nod or a shake mean to you?

 

[slimjim]

Well JG... in the UK a nod means Yes and a shake means No..as does the described head/hand wave combo.

 

[bubbleswallower]

I always use to play with my friends by doing the finger nod for yes and no;
for "no" I would wave my finger only like a metronome, and for "yes" I would make my finger only again go up and down as I would my head. =B

I'd always confused them with the second one. *giggle*

 

[Thor]

we all grow up communicating in are own ways...me and my sis can look at each other, and with a look..know what were thinking, and with my older friends its much the same

but...I also think in all countries and places...body movement tells all we can all read eachother in person...happy, mad, sad, glee, horny, and soo on...look at there face..it tells all lol