From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Fri Aug 23 2002 - 23:17:25 MDT
Again, sorry, not awake.
Lee:
>>And surely throughout Europe shaking your head means 'yes'
>>and nodding means 'no', no? (I once heard that in
>>some exotic land they mean exactly opposite.)
Amara:
>I would be surprised if it were true, but I don't know.
Just to clarify: I would be surprised if, throughout Europe,
the American shaking head 'yes' and 'no' meant universally
yes and no. (but I don't know)
The link I posted before
http://overseasdigest.com/odsamples/balkans.html
says that 'yes' and 'no' head-shaking has the opposite meaning
in Bulgaria.
Amara
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Sat Nov 02 2002 - 09:16:23 MST