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From: ying@hubcap.UUCP (Ying Xie)
Newsgroups: sci.misc,sci.psychology,comp.ai,comp.ai.neural-nets
Subject: Re: Learned Behavior vs. Hard-Wired Behavior
Message-ID: <3927@hubcap.UUCP>
Date: 17 Dec 88 01:48:01 GMT
References: <561@uvicctr.UUCP>
Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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From article <561@uvicctr.UUCP>, by plaice@uvicctr.UUCP (plaice):
> In article <208@logicon.arpa> Makey@LOGICON.ARPA (Jeff Makey) writes:
>
>>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
> 
> The country in question is Greece, which is hardly in Asia!
> Travelling through Greece can be quite amusing!
>
I don't know whether Greek people do this but there is one asian country
where it is true. That is India. I had an indian student in the class
I was assisting. He constantly shaking his head while I explained
something to him, which I thought was something wrong with him. I later
found out this by asking one of my friends who is also Indian. 


Ying Xie
Department of Computer Science
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29631
ying@hubcap.clemson.edu