The document discusses how body language and gestures can easily be misinterpreted across cultures. Three stories are provided as examples: 1) An American uses the "A-OK" gesture which means "money" in Japanese, 2) A British thumbs-up is seen as rude in Sardinian culture, 3) Simple gestures like a finger-ring or nose-pinching take on negative meanings when seen by people from other cultures like Syrian or Colombian. The key lesson is that body language needs to be used carefully as the same gestures can have very different or even opposing meanings depending on the cultural context.
8. ‘ What often happens in any relationship is that language itself becomes a mask and a means of clouding and confusing the relationship. If the spoken language is stripped away and the only communication left is body language, the truth will find some way of poling through. Spoken language itself is a great obscurer” Body Language , Julius Fast, MJF books, 1970. Actions Speak Louder than Words?
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