In some countries and regions, nodding and shaking your head are just the opposite of ours. Here are some references:
First, the Bulgarians nodded and shook their heads.
Bulgaria is a small country in Eastern Europe with a population of about 8 million and an area of about 1 1. 1 10,000 square kilometers. It borders Romania in the north, the Black Sea in the east, Greece and Turkey in the south and Serbia and Macedonia in the former Yugoslavia in the west. Bulgaria's economy mainly depends on the former Soviet Union. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Bulgaria's economy was also in trouble, so migrant workers flocked to Greece and Turkey. Senior intellectuals flow to western countries. One of my colleagues is like this. His name is "Lubomir", which means "love peace", or "Lubo" for short. China people call him "Lao Bao" by pronunciation, just like "Lao Zhong", "Lao Mei" and "Lao Yin".
When Lubo came to the United States, he left his job without pay and kept his apartment and associate professor position in China at the cost of $500 a year as a mortgage.
When Lube went to middle school, the school stipulated that besides his mother tongue, he should also take Russian and a western language. At that time, he thought France was romantic, and there were many French speakers in Europe, so he chose French. After graduating from high school, I served two years of military service and entered the university. In order to save trouble, I also took French as a foreign language. Later, because of the need of work, I taught myself German and English. When I first came to America, I found English hard to hear and speak, so I often used actions to express some meanings. Lubo is very modest (he often nods when listening to lectures and dialogues; Shaking his head indicates that he is listening.
One morning not long after he came to America, a girl from India asked her colleague George, "Have you seen George?" At that time, the faucet, fume hood and some instruments in the laboratory were all on, and there was a lot of noise. In addition, the girl has a strong accent, so Lupo didn't hear clearly. According to his experience, it is not too wrong to answer "yes" even if you can't hear clearly. In Bulgaria, when you say "yes", your head is shaking, much like shaking your head; Nod when you say "no". Rupert shakes his head and says "yes". The girl then asked, "Where is he?" He still didn't understand, just shook his head and said, "Yes". The girl was anxious: "Please tell me where he is?" When people are in a hurry, they speak quickly, and Rupert can't understand. But when he saw the girl in a hurry, he knew that it was not appropriate to answer "yes", so he quickly nodded and said "no" This girl thinks Lubo. When teasing her, just say "you bad boy" to him. Just then, George came in and bypassed him.
After staying in the United States for a period of time, Lubo made great progress in English listening and speaking, and gradually got used to the habit of shaking his head to show negation and nodding his head to show affirmation. But sometimes, when you are absorbed or nervous, you will "get back to basics", that is, nodding and shaking your head, which makes people unpredictable. Once, a postdoctoral doctor came to our company for an interview and gave a report, and Lubo also listened below. The report begins with an introduction, which introduces the general situation of this research field, mainly the work of predecessors. At first, the postdoctoral fellow was a little nervous and sweated, but Lubo nodded frequently, giving people a lot of comfort. Next, when people introduced their workers, Rupert nodded at first, then he was fascinated, then he nodded and shook his head, and then he just shook his head. At that time, because only a few people were listening, people didn't know the weight of Rupert, but they were so nervous that the sweat on their heads kept coming out. After listening to the report, Rupert praised others: "Well done". Later, our company recruited this postdoctoral fellow. Once, the postdoctoral fellow mentioned this to Lubo, who was embarrassed. I explained it to him, and then I treated him to a meal.
If someone asks you to give a report in Bulgaria in the future, if the audience in the audience is shaking their heads, don't be nervous, that is to agree with your report; If the audience keeps nodding, you should be careful
Second, skirts, jade legs, nodding is shaking your head.
In different corners of the world, it seems that there are always some small misunderstandings caused by different folk customs beyond your imagination.
This is like saying that wearing skirts is a woman's patent, but men can't. Of course, your reasons are quite good. For example, a woman in a skirt can show her graceful calves, and when the breeze passes by, it will deeply attract Adam's dull eyes. It is said that not long ago, the British Parliament passed a resolution about extending the circumference of the table cloth and making it droop. The reason is that some female members think that many male members are in high spirits during the meeting and always want to peek at the ladies' jade legs from under the conference table. After reading it, I couldn't help laughing:-I wish you were wearing pants. Sadly, it is said that the resolution was passed.
That is beside the point. Go back to the second sentence. If you say that wearing skirts is a woman's patent and men don't want it, then Scottish men will hit you with the organ at this time. Because their folk customs are really an exception. More ironically, I once jokingly asked a friend of mine in Scotland, who do you think is more beautiful when you and your girlfriend put on skirts? He didn't answer directly, but answered a very classic sentence: "-actually, Paul, you know, we won't show our legs even if we wear skirts." -I and several other students present immediately laughed without any image.
..... and the final story goes like this:-There were some new people in the restaurant yesterday, and I was in charge of training. When my symmetrical image+indestructible charm+eloquent lines were organically integrated ... I believe that my position in their minds was definitely much stronger than that of Spider-Man. His clothes are so ugly that they are not even famous brands. Although he can fly, I said in detail that when cutting soft cheese, it should be "one size fits all", malicious, accurate and stable; Just like the chopsticks that the leaders eat and drink with public funds in their hands ~ (the last sentence of the national conditions was not said at that time) At this time, I found someone questioning me, and the form of expression was constantly shaking my head. This man is a Palestinian named Albu. To be honest, I thought he was playing a prank on me. So once I asked him what happened. Unexpectedly, he politely said no, and the temporary unhappiness disappeared. Later, I told the Saudi prince about it. He was surprised and said, Don't you know? That's what happens in our place, shaking your head is yes, nodding your head is not ~
So I fainted and woke up and wrote a bunch of unwritten words.
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