Even a child knows that nodding head means "Yes". But some people would probably
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when they first came to India. When they talked to an Indian, he would often shake his head. They might think that the India did not like
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they said, but on the contrary, be was expressing
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.
The Indians have a habit of shaking their heads slightly when they talk to
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. It doesn"t mean "No", but "Yes". If a person doesn"t
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, it might cause misunderstandings.
At one time, a foreign diplomat (外交官) to India told his driver who was an Indian to send him to his office. The driver
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his head. The young diplomat repeated his
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and the driver shook his head again. At last, the
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shouted angrily, "Drive me to my office at once!" The driver also in a quite loud
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, "Yes, sir." smiling and
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his head at the same time.