Lol the fig gesture in my country South Africa means sex or penetration. But the rest of the hands gestures are the same with us. We handshake a lot yo.
My mother, grandmother, and others I have known will run their index finger back and forth along the back of their thumb when someone is complaining to them. It is supposed to be a "tiny violin" playing a sad song for you and how hard your life is [sarcastically].
I heard story about someone who went hitchhiking. Possibly in Greece or Albania. But the thumbs up gesture means "up your ass" or something so the hitchhiking didn't work out very well.
2:17 It's still done in Poland among family... At least in my region; 4:08 We do something similar. We hit our neck with two (or all the) fingers horizontally.
I think the forehead slap is different. In Russia it means “I get it now! I understand.” But in the states (and in that clip from Avatar) it means “You’ve got to be kidding me.” It means you’re annoyed with something, and we call it a “face palm”.
You can also slap your own head after discovering something that should have been obvious. Like " oh im such an idiot, how did I forgot to fill up my gas tank this morning"
I'm Canadian and the "full of you" gesture is something my mum did all the time! She'd say, "I'm up to HERE with you!" Also, my experience with hitting the side of the head is more "I'm such an idiot" than suddenly understanding something. Super interesting!
Belarus here. In my childhood the teeth thing was extra common. Is it just me or you too are bothered when someone wear a hat inside? Like American rappers do. That's so weird
I found this so interesting! The figgis gesture I remember my Slovak grandmother doing to us kids when we were misbehaving... accompanied by “Figgis Makem!” But I was surprised by how many Italian gestures Russians use. (I’m half Italian, too.) The tooth flick, usually means you’re really fed up with someone, the shrug, same as anywhere, you don’t know something, and the forehead slap, oh, that’s what it means! Then there’s the “Italian salute,” Ba Fongool!” Where you put your fist at your elbow... means F.U.
I knew you reminded me of someone but I could never place it until I saw the thumbnail for this video, English comedian Jon Richardson but with more beard
@@emgris all the international ones plus shaking hands between boys, hugs, waving, the money gesture, the kiss on the cheek (maybe 2), thumbs up, ok, the chest thing, slapping the forehead and the fed up thing but we do it till the forehead and the whole formal etiquette so more or less everything
This was very interesting. This might be typical for how and/or where I grew up in Germany but I feel like we do have a lot in common there from my point of view. Gestures are mostly the same here, I think. well except for the "giving a tooth" or "throwing a hat" and the rude ones. Before the pandemic hit, shaking hands as a greeting was also pretty common. I think in formal/business situations it's disrespectful to keep your hands in your pockets. I do hug people when I feel close to them emotionally, like family and friends but not just everyone. Also, yes, please take off your shoes before you go into the house or apartment. We don't want dirty floors, do we? (I can't even whistle so that's one thing I can't mess up when I want to visit eastern Europe... ^^')
Plus one more fact. There is a well-known gesture of a finger in a hole that symbolizes s3x. In Russia there is a similar gesture, this is a strike of the palm on a fist, which also symbolizes s3x.
I was born in New Zealand went to school in Australia and got my first full-time job in Japan. When I first came to the US I found it very annoying that the waiter/ess would come every few minutes and ask if we were okay. Now I have gotten used to it. I just nod that everything is okay when they come around
Most of the gestures shown are not particularly Russian. The OK sign is American in origin and is used by all scuba divers around the world when communicating with one another underwater. The fig has been around since ancient Roman times. In Poland, we point to our ears level or nose, not throat, as the expression goes to have something up to ears (po uszy) or nose holes (po dziurki w nosie). A chopping or slicing gesture at throat level could be interpreted as 'cut it out or I'll cut your throat!'. We do however make a karate chop gesture to the side of the neck to suggest drunkenness.
What about snapping your fingers? I’m American and depending on the context it can be harmless or maybe even considered rude. You can do it to get someone’s attention but if raising your hand and giving a slight wave would’ve gotten their attention then it may be taken as being rude or impatient. It can also be used to symbolize when something is on the tip of your tongue but you can’t remember it. Like if someone asks you who sings the song that is currently playing, you might snap your fingers while you think because the name doesn’t come to you right away. So it can be used in lots of situations and has different meanings based on the context around when/how you do it.
I am from Croatia which is a Slavic country. Most of these examples are actually universal even some gestures I think are very Italian but by no means Slavic. Only handshaking and taking off shoes after entering the house are real Slavic examples that everyone in Croatia respects and does not neglect. I would say that in Croatia and Serbia, which is also a Slavic country, there is a huge fear of drafts, drafts must not be created or be on it. We also use Rakija (Brandy) for everything from treating various ailments to drinking our self to death :) :)
See, I think all of these gestures are pretty universal, or at least European. It's just Greece and the Roman countries that has other, and also more intense gestures. :P In Sweden we do not kiss eachothers cheeks, unless it's a parent and child interraction. We do hug a lot though. But I have never seen the tooth picking or throwing the hat thing un-ironically. But I think the rest apply
One of the things I got wrong in Russia was shaking somebody’s hand over the threshold of a door. The guy I did it to literally pulled me inside the apartment in order to prevent this happening. Is it a really serious faux pas?
Is the cash gesture actually not usual in North America? I do it all the time (Canadian with a Russian mom) but I suppose I've never really seen anyone outside my family use it.
Hi, I'm from Bulgaria and in my country if you are pissed at someone or "done with" we do the same thing you do on your throat(when you press it several times) but on our foreheads and we say "до тук ми дойде от тебе".
I'm from Southern Oregon. I've seen all of these jesters accept the flick to the neck and I've used at least half. Interesting video. 👍🏾👌🏾🤘🏽✌🏾🤙🏾👏🏾 And I've always taken my shoes off in the house. Honestly it feels strange to do otherwise unless the persons floor is disgusting. In which case, good luck getting my shoes off. I'm not trying to catch a fungus.
Twisting a finger at your temples with some whistle. Whistling to somebody to attract attention if he/she far enough if you don't want to shout. Wiggle your palm with pointing finger to approve something or (так як в рекламі, де чувак казав: «ай молодець». також коли кажеш: «о, точно!» І подібне)
One gesture I use that might be considered weird is folding all your fingers except the index into a first, and the circling around your ear. P.S.: Please watch American football hardest hits. I think u might enjoy learning about it.
In some parts of Brazil people greet eachother with 1 kiss on both cheeks, and in some parts with only 1 kiss on one cheek. This can cause many awkward moments when you go to another state. PS: this only applies when a man greets a woman or a woman greets a woman. Men usually just do a handshake or a hug slapping each other on the back real hard (when they are close friends).
The fed up gesture is something common in America. However, we might go up to the forehead with it if we’re really pissed off. Like mum I crashed the car while drunk and it’s completely destroyed type of fed up. The neck is just for things like when your parents are angry, but not fuming with you for not doing what they want. Also, my family is Scandinavian(and Japanese), and both cultures don’t wear shoes in the house. We NEVER wear shoes inside. People act sooooo weird when we ask them to take their shoes off. Likes it’s sooo foreign to them. We always wear slippers in the house.
We Dutch normally still do three kisses (although I feel it's changing) but indeed foreigners are almost always caught of guard by that. This can cause awkward situations when the person tries to turn his/her head back after one or two and get smooched right on the mouth. Or maybe is a Dutch trick for smooching foreigners on the mouth... hahaha
I was born and raised in France and I always hated the four kisses... It got reduced to two tho or maybe it's just my family. But my cousin from Belgium goes with three and somehow it feels quite alright
@@artifex2.080 Uhm not really... I have lived in Rotterdam my whole life (and I've been around for some time) and work went out mostly in the Randstand (approx. North-Holland, South-Holland and Utrecht). All these places have use three kisses. My family in the Achterhoek also uses 3, friends and family in Groningen also use 3. I got lot's of family in your neighborhood :-) in Eindhoven indeed three kisses. Friends in Zeeland and Gelderland three kisses. I've also been to Friesland long ago but I can't remember if it was 2 or 3 over there.
@@mgntstr it's actually a very divided topic. Almost not groupable by country as some households do it and other don't. I have a feeling there are either countries in which everyone takes of their shoes and countries in which some households do and other don't but no countries in which noone takes of their shoes inside. I for example am from Belgium and quite a big portion of people keep their shoes on inside, many of my friends including myself actually. However, I wouldn't say it is a standard practice and I always ask if I enter someone new's house. My dad had imposed the rule in his new house but now it kinda became a semi rule except for upstairs where it is still preferable to take them off.
I'm South African... we have same gesture for money that gesture you said is rude, I know a lot of us used it to indicate sex as kids the one of teeth, i can't remember properly but i think we used it to 'refuse' or say no when asked for something especially food fed up is the same... a lot of us would say "I'm up to here with you" loyalty definitely the same of course I don't know is the same😂 I'm really speaking for the region i come from in South Africa and not the whole country, I don't know if everyone uses them
In Poland we are definitly in hugging spectrum of greating scale, lol. Almost noone kisses - only beatween family members, once or 3x. And wafing or showing your palm is ordinary for "hi".
Do other countries were shoes inside the house cause I was always told to take them off as a rule (by the way I’m Canadian, west coast that is). Seems weird that people would where shoes indoors without being told that they could.
it really doesn't make sense someone to enter the home with those dirty shoes. it's just disgusting and uncomfortable. i dont know why a person on earth prefer that
In syria we use this 👌the same as you sometimes, but the real use to it is to threaten , like my mom use it when we do something bad but we have guests so she can do nothing instead she give us this👌and we know that we are gonna see the stars in the middle of the day when the guests leave😂😂😂
I think i remember the "OK" sign in certain countries means "Do you wanna do sex?" or something like that. Can someone remind me? Also, in my country (and most asian i believe) hugging and kissing are allowed only if it's the same sex (man to man or woman to woman), married, or relatives. Just FYI :)
Who would not take off their shoes when entering someone's house, or even their own? The soles of your shoes are dragged through God knows what out on the streets, old-fashioned dirt is the least of them. I shudder when I see films where someone jumps into bed with shoes on. _So wrong_.
Yes, absolutely. Some people don't that live in the snow so not to drag the snow and the salt in their house. Or muddy places? Another sector of people that don't wear shoes in the house are clean or neat freaks. Some are diagnosed with cleaning ocd. They are very afraid of germs or cannot stop cleaning their homes. There are still a considerable number of people that don't wear their shoes in their house. Most people that immigrate to the u.s. and their second generation children still practice. Something quite sad to say is when visiting a daycare, the young children took their naps with shoes on, so the daycare workers could evacuate them quicker if their was an emergency like a fire or a shooting. Personally, I always have my shoes on. I'm like weirdly dressed all the time. I am never more comfortable! I don't change into something more comfortable after working and wear my day's clothes until I go to bed. I've even fallen asleep in them with shoes and jewelry on!
If you ever want to hear the (mythical) story WHY people tap their neck to refer to being drunk. I heard the story when studying Russian and Ukrainian in Dnipro, and the funny thing is that everybody who I have told this story to in Ukraine since did not know it. Even my wife (Ukrainian) and her grandma did not know it. (Her grandpa did though). Just send me a message to exchange Skype or something, cuz it is too long to write here. (And it would make a cool RUclips video).
Write down some gestures from your countries that people might find weird!
Lol the fig gesture in my country South Africa means sex or penetration. But the rest of the hands gestures are the same with us. We handshake a lot yo.
For an older pop culture variant on the slap on the head realization thing, look up old commercials for V8 tomato juice stuff.
My mother, grandmother, and others I have known will run their index finger back and forth along the back of their thumb when someone is complaining to them. It is supposed to be a "tiny violin" playing a sad song for you and how hard your life is [sarcastically].
3 kisses are tradittional way we great each other in Serbia. If we are close like friends and family.
I heard story about someone who went hitchhiking. Possibly in Greece or Albania. But the thumbs up gesture means "up your ass" or something so the hitchhiking didn't work out very well.
From etiquette part about shoes - take off our hat when entering the house. Why you need your hat/ cap inside the house anyway... wtf America?
2:17 It's still done in Poland among family... At least in my region; 4:08 We do something similar. We hit our neck with two (or all the) fingers horizontally.
I think it's usually just old people now
In Russia people kiss each on the cheek 3 times when they give/receive greetings on the day of the resurection of the Christ. Its super common.
Man. Pakistanis and russians have many things in common. Nice
6:02 I tell my friends.
Yeah hombre / homie / nigga ( and gesture)
I think the forehead slap is different. In Russia it means “I get it now! I understand.” But in the states (and in that clip from Avatar) it means “You’ve got to be kidding me.” It means you’re annoyed with something, and we call it a “face palm”.
You can also slap your own head after discovering something that should have been obvious. Like " oh im such an idiot, how did I forgot to fill up my gas tank this morning"
@@MomoKunDaYo Oh yeah you’re right! I’ve definitely done that lol
@@VioletRaven. and we have facepalm too)
just do that when you feel cringe
The superstation is probably just something parents told kids to make them stop whistling lol
I think that's how half of superstations start lol
I'm Canadian and the "full of you" gesture is something my mum did all the time! She'd say, "I'm up to HERE with you!" Also, my experience with hitting the side of the head is more "I'm such an idiot" than suddenly understanding something. Super interesting!
Belarus here. In my childhood the teeth thing was extra common.
Is it just me or you too are bothered when someone wear a hat inside? Like American rappers do. That's so weird
They are not weird and love you videos Vladimir. Much love and God bless you brother.
I found this so interesting! The figgis gesture I remember my Slovak grandmother doing to us kids when we were misbehaving... accompanied by “Figgis Makem!” But I was surprised by how many Italian gestures Russians use. (I’m half Italian, too.) The tooth flick, usually means you’re really fed up with someone, the shrug, same as anywhere, you don’t know something, and the forehead slap, oh, that’s what it means! Then there’s the “Italian salute,” Ba Fongool!” Where you put your fist at your elbow... means F.U.
The tooth flick is a childish thing, means "I swear". Some adults may use it as a joke.
Can you react to some videos by nfkrz? He does a lot of content on Russia and i wanna hear your take on some of his opinions.
So if you are a Russian who lives outside of Russia or if you are anti Putin, then you like NFKRZ. Most Russian’s definitely won’t like him.
@@SamsRussianAdventures thats a broad statement. Depends on the age group. Also his content is made for a western audience
@@cybulskiya8725 I’m just saying that because they are his target audience.
@@SamsRussianAdventures ah gotcha
Yep, he's a russian western oriented gen z libtard. Not much to say. He exploits stereotypes and downsides. Pretty annoying one.
I knew you reminded me of someone but I could never place it until I saw the thumbnail for this video, English comedian Jon Richardson but with more beard
In Greece EVERYTHING is the same except the non verbal communication, which we still do half of them
@@emgris all the international ones plus shaking hands between boys, hugs, waving, the money gesture, the kiss on the cheek (maybe 2), thumbs up, ok, the chest thing, slapping the forehead and the fed up thing but we do it till the forehead and the whole formal etiquette so more or less everything
@@kolexblue9920 yes don't forget the μούτζα . :) ,and we don't wear shoes in the house.
Shoes off is common with Asian cultures
So many are almost universal or almost the same, some I remember my grandfather doing but not seeing it anywhere now.
This was very interesting. This might be typical for how and/or where I grew up in Germany but I feel like we do have a lot in common there from my point of view. Gestures are mostly the same here, I think. well except for the "giving a tooth" or "throwing a hat" and the rude ones.
Before the pandemic hit, shaking hands as a greeting was also pretty common.
I think in formal/business situations it's disrespectful to keep your hands in your pockets.
I do hug people when I feel close to them emotionally, like family and friends but not just everyone.
Also, yes, please take off your shoes before you go into the house or apartment. We don't want dirty floors, do we?
(I can't even whistle so that's one thing I can't mess up when I want to visit eastern Europe... ^^')
Love your channel Vlad! Keep up the great work!!! Hello from Montreal!! 😎
Plus one more fact. There is a well-known gesture of a finger in a hole that symbolizes s3x. In Russia there is a similar gesture, this is a strike of the palm on a fist, which also symbolizes s3x.
I am from Montenegro and most of these gestures we use too. Not the one related to drinking. We also kiss three times (not always though).
I was born in New Zealand went to school in Australia and got my first full-time job in Japan. When I first came to the US I found it very annoying that the waiter/ess would come every few minutes and ask if we were okay. Now I have gotten used to it. I just nod that everything is okay when they come around
Most of the gestures shown are not particularly Russian. The OK sign is American in origin and is used by all scuba divers around the world when communicating with one another underwater. The fig has been around since ancient Roman times.
In Poland, we point to our ears level or nose, not throat, as the expression goes to have something up to ears (po uszy) or nose holes (po dziurki w nosie). A chopping or slicing gesture at throat level could be interpreted as 'cut it out or I'll cut your throat!'. We do however make a karate chop gesture to the side of the neck to suggest drunkenness.
What about snapping your fingers? I’m American and depending on the context it can be harmless or maybe even considered rude. You can do it to get someone’s attention but if raising your hand and giving a slight wave would’ve gotten their attention then it may be taken as being rude or impatient. It can also be used to symbolize when something is on the tip of your tongue but you can’t remember it. Like if someone asks you who sings the song that is currently playing, you might snap your fingers while you think because the name doesn’t come to you right away. So it can be used in lots of situations and has different meanings based on the context around when/how you do it.
I am from Croatia which is a Slavic country. Most of these examples are actually universal even some gestures I think are very Italian but by no means Slavic. Only handshaking and taking off shoes after entering the house are real Slavic examples that everyone in Croatia respects and does not neglect. I would say that in Croatia and Serbia, which is also a Slavic country, there is a huge fear of drafts, drafts must not be created or be on it. We also use Rakija (Brandy) for everything from treating various ailments to drinking our self to death :) :)
See, I think all of these gestures are pretty universal, or at least European. It's just Greece and the Roman countries that has other, and also more intense gestures. :P In Sweden we do not kiss eachothers cheeks, unless it's a parent and child interraction. We do hug a lot though. But I have never seen the tooth picking or throwing the hat thing un-ironically. But I think the rest apply
This tooth gesture in Slovenia means something else entirely ... it means "nothing", e.g. I got "nothing".
These gestures are ones that are also used most of the time in my country in Belgium.
Every one of these except neck flicking applies to UK also. Pretty sure the vast majority are used worldwide.
One of the things I got wrong in Russia was shaking somebody’s hand over the threshold of a door. The guy I did it to literally pulled me inside the apartment in order to prevent this happening. Is it a really serious faux pas?
Yeah, but it’s more like a superstition, depends on a person, I wouldn’t care
bruh i felt sad :(
Is the cash gesture actually not usual in North America? I do it all the time (Canadian with a Russian mom) but I suppose I've never really seen anyone outside my family use it.
The thing with shoes is same in Germany but here it is extreme 😂
I'm from and I totally get these gestures. We use some of them.
I've always taken my shoes off in the house and growing up my friends thought it was strange.
fig is "ain't happening" or "in your dreams"
I’m Brazilian and surprised that many of the gestures are the same here in Brazil with the same meaning
Thank you, blin. Always take your shoes off. We´re not barbarians. Sweden would totally approve of you.
Hi, I'm from Bulgaria and in my country if you are pissed at someone or "done with" we do the same thing you do on your throat(when you press it several times) but on our foreheads and we say "до тук ми дойде от тебе".
Love the channel
My mum would tell me when you whistle inside the house the mice come.
@@emgris Montenegro 🇲🇪
I'm from Southern Oregon. I've seen all of these jesters accept the flick to the neck and I've used at least half. Interesting video. 👍🏾👌🏾🤘🏽✌🏾🤙🏾👏🏾
And I've always taken my shoes off in the house. Honestly it feels strange to do otherwise unless the persons floor is disgusting. In which case, good luck getting my shoes off. I'm not trying to catch a fungus.
Twisting a finger at your temples with some whistle.
Whistling to somebody to attract attention if he/she far enough if you don't want to shout.
Wiggle your palm with pointing finger to approve something or (так як в рекламі, де чувак казав: «ай молодець». також коли кажеш: «о, точно!» І подібне)
All of the gestures are common place I have seen them all used and I reside in the U.S.
What's the "Tipping" culture like in the Ukraine? In America it's almost mandatory, in Ireland/UK it's optional
switzerland (Швейцарии) nothing weird for me... most of these we use too. except the fig i think
I only found the neck ones weird, and the handshaking in informal situations.
In.the united states we run our thumbs under our necks to tell someone theyre in trouble or "dead meat"
Andres T In the UK we run our index finger across our necks if we want to say that.
I've seen many of these growing up and living most of my life in California!
@@emgris Because they are common here too?
I’m sure you’ve gotten this a lot but for video ideas I would think you should react to “Russian” moments in movies like goldeneye and rocky and etc.
One gesture I use that might be considered weird is folding all your fingers except the index into a first, and the circling around your ear.
P.S.: Please watch American football hardest hits. I think u might enjoy learning about it.
A lot of the gestures are the same for us in Austria lol
Such a cool insight. 👍
All the gestures vlad tells about russians.
Pakistanis listening :-
These are our gestures 🤣🤣
In some parts of Brazil people greet eachother with 1 kiss on both cheeks, and in some parts with only 1 kiss on one cheek. This can cause many awkward moments when you go to another state. PS: this only applies when a man greets a woman or a woman greets a woman. Men usually just do a handshake or a hug slapping each other on the back real hard (when they are close friends).
yeah, same
Thanks hun ♥️
The fed up gesture is something common in America. However, we might go up to the forehead with it if we’re really pissed off. Like mum I crashed the car while drunk and it’s completely destroyed type of fed up. The neck is just for things like when your parents are angry, but not fuming with you for not doing what they want.
Also, my family is Scandinavian(and Japanese), and both cultures don’t wear shoes in the house. We NEVER wear shoes inside. People act sooooo weird when we ask them to take their shoes off. Likes it’s sooo foreign to them. We always wear slippers in the house.
I created a new gesture after watching all these and some other gestures I thought off.
every one of these(exept the neck flicking) applies to romania as well. Also please take off your shoes in the house.
We Dutch normally still do three kisses (although I feel it's changing) but indeed foreigners are almost always caught of guard by that. This can cause awkward situations when the person tries to turn his/her head back after one or two and get smooched right on the mouth. Or maybe is a Dutch trick for smooching foreigners on the mouth... hahaha
I was born and raised in France and I always hated the four kisses... It got reduced to two tho or maybe it's just my family. But my cousin from Belgium goes with three and somehow it feels quite alright
@@daniellac.7588 I'm from Belgium, one half is Francophone and we just do one kiss. Maybe we're not traditional but that's how it goes in my family.
Three kisses is exclusively in brabant.
Drm heet het ook de brabantse drieklapper
@@artifex2.080 dan toch enkel in Noord-Brabant :p, ben zelf ook Brabander.
@@artifex2.080 Uhm not really... I have lived in Rotterdam my whole life (and I've been around for some time) and work went out mostly in the Randstand (approx. North-Holland, South-Holland and Utrecht). All these places have use three kisses. My family in the Achterhoek also uses 3, friends and family in Groningen also use 3. I got lot's of family in your neighborhood :-) in Eindhoven indeed three kisses. Friends in Zeeland and Gelderland three kisses. I've also been to Friesland long ago but I can't remember if it was 2 or 3 over there.
We use 👌 OK, but not often in USA
Not all Americans wear shoes inside,. I'd say more than half take off their shoes at the entryway.
Some gestures are global
It's weird that westerners dont take off shoes inside. I say this as a westerner.
@@mgntstr it's actually a very divided topic. Almost not groupable by country as some households do it and other don't. I have a feeling there are either countries in which everyone takes of their shoes and countries in which some households do and other don't but no countries in which noone takes of their shoes inside. I for example am from Belgium and quite a big portion of people keep their shoes on inside, many of my friends including myself actually. However, I wouldn't say it is a standard practice and I always ask if I enter someone new's house. My dad had imposed the rule in his new house but now it kinda became a semi rule except for upstairs where it is still preferable to take them off.
@@mgntstr mokay then, everyone is entitled to their opinion I guess.
@@mgntstr sure lad.
As a westerner i take of my shoes
We say lot of them in Argentina too 👍
Спс!
Kissing greeting.... that's remind me of Брежнев.... 😎
I'm South African...
we have same gesture for money
that gesture you said is rude, I know a lot of us used it to indicate sex as kids
the one of teeth, i can't remember properly but i think we used it to 'refuse' or say no when asked for something especially food
fed up is the same... a lot of us would say "I'm up to here with you"
loyalty definitely the same
of course I don't know is the same😂
I'm really speaking for the region i come from in South Africa and not the whole country, I don't know if everyone uses them
In Poland we are definitly in hugging spectrum of greating scale, lol. Almost noone kisses - only beatween family members, once or 3x. And wafing or showing your palm is ordinary for "hi".
Do other countries were shoes inside the house cause I was always told to take them off as a rule (by the way I’m Canadian, west coast that is). Seems weird that people would where shoes indoors without being told that they could.
it really doesn't make sense someone to enter the home with those dirty shoes. it's just disgusting and uncomfortable. i dont know why a person on earth prefer that
not all of the other countries but some countries do that by the way, as far as I know Italian people enter their homes with their shoes
In syria we use this 👌the same as you sometimes, but the real use to it is to threaten , like my mom use it when we do something bad but we have guests so she can do nothing instead she give us this👌and we know that we are gonna see the stars in the middle of the day when the guests leave😂😂😂
Merhabaaaaaa
Who needs to learn Russian now, it is obsolete.
We talk with our hands now 👌
That was really interesting, except for n9 and 10 we have exactly the same gestures in italy😉
The gestures were not strange except for tapping in the neck. I have never seen that one.
Very cool !
except from this tooth and drinking things, all of them are same in turkey
Give teeth i seen in lithuania by kids🤣🤣🤣🤣
I knowwww I don’t get it why people lay down in their own beds with boots on 🤢
I think i remember the "OK" sign in certain countries means "Do you wanna do sex?" or something like that. Can someone remind me?
Also, in my country (and most asian i believe) hugging and kissing are allowed only if it's the same sex (man to man or woman to woman), married, or relatives. Just FYI :)
in Brazil it means butt hole...
@@lucasslf oh my. I didn't expect that. Thx btw
lol
In the united states we also punch thr air to say damn
In serbia we kiss 3 times all the time.
Who would not take off their shoes when entering someone's house, or even their own? The soles of your shoes are dragged through God knows what out on the streets, old-fashioned dirt is the least of them. I shudder when I see films where someone jumps into bed with shoes on. _So wrong_.
so tell us, my American friends, do you really wear you shoes in home? Or then why you do that in films?
Yes, absolutely.
Some people don't that live in the snow so not to drag the snow and the salt in their house. Or muddy places?
Another sector of people that don't wear shoes in the house are clean or neat freaks. Some are diagnosed with cleaning ocd. They are very afraid of germs or cannot stop cleaning their homes.
There are still a considerable number of people that don't wear their shoes in their house. Most people that immigrate to the u.s. and their second generation children still practice.
Something quite sad to say is when visiting a daycare, the young children took their naps with shoes on, so the daycare workers could evacuate them quicker if their was an emergency like a fire or a shooting.
Personally, I always have my shoes on. I'm like weirdly dressed all the time. I am never more comfortable! I don't change into something more comfortable after working and wear my day's clothes until I go to bed. I've even fallen asleep in them with shoes and jewelry on!
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If you ever want to hear the (mythical) story WHY people tap their neck to refer to being drunk.
I heard the story when studying Russian and Ukrainian in Dnipro, and the funny thing is that everybody who I have told this story to in Ukraine since did not know it. Even my wife (Ukrainian) and her grandma did not know it. (Her grandpa did though).
Just send me a message to exchange Skype or something, cuz it is too long to write here. (And it would make a cool RUclips video).
Pretty much the same as the us