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From: geer-john@CS.YALE.EDU (John Y. Geer)
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Subject: Re: Learned Behavior vs. Hard-Wired Behavior
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Date: 11 Dec 88 15:12:58 GMT
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In article <208@logicon.arpa> Makey@LOGICON.ARPA (Jeff Makey) writes:
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>A behavior that I once thought existed in all human cultures was
>nodding ones head up and down to mean "yes" and shaking from side to
>side to mean "no."  According to my girlfriend, who works for a
>company that does international trading, there is at least one place
>where this is not true.  I don't remember exactly where it is (Asian
>continent, I think) but they nod for "no" and shake for "yes."  Their
>word for "yes" even sounds like "nih", which would be taken for a "no"
>in many languages.

In Korea, yes sounds like "nay" whereas no is "ahn-nay".  This certainly
fits the same bill as Greece.  Also, Koreans wave "come here" as if they
were waving your departure.  Kinda strange?  Don't make too many assumptions
about cultural similarities.  My Korean mother insists that her culture
_thinks_ about things in a totally different way than any Westerner she
has ever met.

jyg

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