Why YSK: No sense in making the locals mad unless you mean to. In some Middle Eastern countries, a thumbs-up is comparable to the middle finger. A peace sign in the UK is OK if your palm is facing away from you; otherwise, it’s an insult. Pointing with your index finger is offensive in Malaysia. An OK symbol is not OK in Brazil, it’s that smelly hole you normally sit upon.

Reader’s Digest did an entire article on these gestures: https://www.rd.com/article/common-hand-gestures-rude-in-other-countries/

  • Dougas@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is wrong. A single nod in Greece, as well as multiple nods mean yes. Shaking means no, as well “noding backwards” if we can call it that way. Source, I am Greek.