Honestly, trying to write this post made me realize that I seriously need to travel more!!! I've lived in the same house my whole life and the farthest away I've ever been is Puerta Vallarta, Mexico so it's kind of hard for me to think of example of places where nonverbal messages mean something different besides the ones everyone else already knows or the examples they gave in the book. However, I did talk to some of my friends and one brought up a sign that I didn't even know existed!
Apparently, in France pulling down the bottom of your eyelid so the pink part shows communicates that you don't believe what the other person is telling you. So for example if I was talking to some guy and he was telling me about how he saw a real, live, pink elephant yesterday I would stare at him and pull down my bottom eyelid! This sounds a little strange (and kinda gross) but I guess that's just because I'm not used to it.
Another example I though of from my brief international travels is staring. Here in the U.S., staring is considered very rude and if someone is staring at you it either means they want to pick a fight or they're trying to disrespect you in some form. However, I've noticed in the part of Mexico that my family always goes to, that it isn't such a big deal. I can't really say if this is true for the whole country, but at our condo I've noticed that people just stare at each other and no one gets offended. At first I thought it was just because I looked like a tourist, but there are a lot of Americans there and it's not like I really stand out that much.
Have you ever noticed either of these two nonverbal disparities? Let me know!
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