Title: 5 common American gestures that might insult the locals - Matador Network
Headings: 5 common American gestures that might insult the locals
5 common American gestures that might insult the locals
Giving a thumbs-up or the OK sign can mean trouble in some parts of the world.
1. Watch Your Fingers in Italy
2. Don’t Tell Them to Come Hither in Japan.
3. Keep Your Thumbs Down in the Middle East
4. Order Beer With Words in England.
5. Is It OK to Use the OK Sign?
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Content: While in America the “come hither” finger is a perfectly acceptable way to ask someone to come to you, in Japan it’s a highly offensive gesture. I later learned that this gesture isn’t welcome in most Asian countries, and symbolizes death in Singapore. The Japanese way to beckon someone looks like an American wave, palm out and fingers waving down. You've been signed up! Like us on Facebook to receive even more
3. Keep Your Thumbs Down in the Middle East
A friend of mine was once bargaining for trinkets at a street market in Iran, negotiating for a decent price. Although they couldn’t speak the same language, he and the storekeeper were having an agreeable exchange …until one good ol’ American gesture got him into trouble. After they agreed on a price, he gave the shopkeeper a hearty thumbs-up. The shopkeeper’s brow crinkled in confusion, then he muttered something in Farsi before turning away. My friend was baffled until a fellow traveler leaned over and told him that his hand gesture signified that the shopkeeper could stick his price where the sun don’t shine.