Re: SV: Body language (was: Re: Enterprise)

On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 21:04:46 +0100 Michael Fors <micke@...> writes:
> Italian body language??? How comes I never heard about that? There's
> an
> Italian Sign Language used by the deaf community, but I've never
> come across
> Italian body language. Indeed, I notice I hardly ever use gestures
> while
> speaking. That must be a thing Southerners use to do, I suppose. But
> that's another world;-)
> Luca
> Sorry for lumping all Italians together.
> We hardly ever use movements when we speak in Swedish, and when we
> do, it's to really really emphasize (don't know the spelling) what
> we say. So when we come across people and languages that use often
> very vivid movements, then it's perceived as something rather
> special. It could also be because the organization that organized
> the course is made up of very silly people. :p
> /Micke
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Maybe it's a Mediterranean thing (hence the southern, but not northern,
Italians).  Jews are also known for 'speaking with their hands'.  In a
linguistics class i took last semester, we had to give presentations and
the other students would critique each other's presentations. One of the
sheets i got back said i had 'violent arm motions' ;) .


-Stephen (Steg)
 "k'ish ehhad beleiv ehhad."