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Le claquement de doigts

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Under developmentInsult

Category : Hand gesturesSubcategory : interpellationConfidence level : 3/5 (documented hypothesis)Identifier : e0025

Geography of misunderstanding

Offensive

  • france
  • belgium
  • netherlands
  • luxembourg
  • usa
  • canada
  • china-continental
  • japan
  • south-korea
  • taiwan
  • hong-kong
  • mongolia

Neutral

  • mexico
  • guatemala
  • honduras
  • nicaragua
  • el-salvador
  • costa-rica
  • panama
  • cuba
  • dominican-republic
  • puerto-rico

Not documented

  • peuples-autochtones
  • afrique-ouest

Full description

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Appeler un serveur en claquant des doigts : impardonnable à Paris, toléré à Caracas.

Sources

  1. Morris, D., Collett, P., Marsh, P., & O'Shaughnessy, M. (1979). Gestures: Their Origins and Distribution. Stein & Day / Jonathan Cape.
  2. Axtell, R. E. (1998). Gestures: The Do's and Taboos of Body Language Around the World (revised edition). John Wiley & Sons.
  3. Matsumoto, D. & Hwang, H.C. (2013). Cultural similarities and differences in emblematic gestures. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 37(1), 1-27. — ↗