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| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7158 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes  20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 9 of 24 18 February 2010 at 5:40am | IP Logged | ||
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You know the phrase "Money talks..." (although "talk is cheap" :-P)
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| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6441 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 10 of 24 18 February 2010 at 9:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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None of the above.
Edit: none of the below either. Edited by Volte on 19 February 2010 at 5:27pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| tommus Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5868 days ago 979 posts - 1688 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish | Message 11 of 24 18 February 2010 at 9:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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Sex. It can be fully enjoyed by any language pair.
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| victor-osorio Diglot Groupie Venezuela Joined 5434 days ago 73 posts - 129 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Italian | Message 12 of 24 18 February 2010 at 9:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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Facil gestures and body language are universal. It's easy for me to know when a chinese
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| goosefrabbas Triglot Pro Member United States Joined 6370 days ago 393 posts - 475 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German, Italian Personal Language Map | Message 13 of 24 18 February 2010 at 10:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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Silence. It's always understood.
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| Johntm Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5424 days ago 616 posts - 725 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 14 of 24 18 February 2010 at 10:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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Gestures?
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| Journeyer Triglot Senior Member United States tristan85.blogspot.c Joined 6870 days ago 946 posts - 1110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German Studies: Sign Language | Message 15 of 24 19 February 2010 at 6:10am | IP Logged | ||
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I don't think gestures are. Not all of them anyways. The hand motion to shoo someone off in the USA is similar to Latin America (or at least Mexico's and Peru's) gesture to beckon them.
That's just one example. Another possible one is the thumbs up for "OK" in many cultures. It is "Time to surface" in scuba diving sign language. I don't know about other cultures per se, but I'm always afraid to try it, for fear it would mean something vulgar. That said, I was debating to suggest religions because while they aren't universal like some of the other, suggestions, two people of, say the Catholic faith can attend mass in a language foreign to both them and still follow it. The traditions seem to transcend cultures, to a point, anyways. Unfortunately, where they are bridges for some cultures, they are walls for others. Oh well, that's all I want to say. Play nice with my response, please. :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| goosefrabbas Triglot Pro Member United States Joined 6370 days ago 393 posts - 475 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German, Italian Personal Language Map | Message 16 of 24 19 February 2010 at 8:51am | IP Logged | ||
Yep. I've read some books on body language, and there are many differences in meanings across cultures. I did a quick Google search and found some examples on this site. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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