Gestures – some are universally understood, others can be totally misconstrued when used in different countries. This was never more apparent than when one of my colleagues stood in front of her class, hoping the temperamental CD player would work and crossed her fingers for good luck. She was totally dumbfounded when the room erupted in a cacophony of gasps, laughter and screams. Little did she know that crossing your fingers in Vietnam symbolises the female genitalia and is the ultimate obscene gesture! Now there’s a mistake she won’t make again.
A xx
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