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Język: English
Kalantir (Pokaż profil) 16 października 2011, 06:53:49
erinja:It's not universal.It was my understanding from watching Bollywood films that the head waggle can mean either yes, no, maybe, or sometimes depending on context. That's cool you've been to India though! Wish I could go there...
I saw a kind of head-waggle in India, a sort of side to side rather than back and forth or up and down. It took me a long time to determine whether this waggle meant yes or no. (it meant yes).
Solulo (Pokaż profil) 16 października 2011, 10:21:19
What do you do if you want to hint that somebody is stupid, crazy and the like?
In my culture you knock your forehead with one finger or make small circles close to your temple.
Could you privide some more examples.
(I wonder if there could be some international esperanto gestures)
darkweasel (Pokaż profil) 16 października 2011, 10:38:18
Solulo:So, why not talk about gestures as a kind of extralinguistic communication. They are so different in particular cultures and can bring about funny misunderstandings let alone offence.Waving your hand in front of your face is another way to convey this at least in Austria (though I know the gestures you’ve mentioned too).
What do you do if you want to hint that somebody is stupid, crazy and the like?
In my culture you knock your forehead with one finger or make small circles close to your temple.
Could you privide some more examples.
ceigered (Pokaż profil) 16 października 2011, 11:36:51
Knocking the forehead seems a bit too foreign for us (I can't remember seeing anyone do it before), but with context would be perfectly fine.
erinja (Pokaż profil) 16 października 2011, 14:48:45
Kalantir:That's cool you've been to India though! Wish I could go there...What's stopping you? Once you've paid for the plane ticket, the rest is not that expensive, especially if you stay with Esperanto speakers.