CURIOSITIES. Thanks, OK, "Yes" or "No".

CURIOSITIES. Habits.

OK

One of the most popular theories says that during the civil war in United States, when troops returned to barracks without any casualties, put in a great slate "0 Killed" (zero dead). There would come the term 'OK' to say that all is well.But the truth is that the origin is in several articles published in 1839 in the Boston Post newspaper in which to draw attention misspell OK as abbreviation for "all correct".

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Ways to say thank you.

To locate one of the most striking and opposed to ours, European habits, we have to travel to China. Here, in a very common situation, eating something in a typical bar, it is frowned upon if you leave tip, contrary is very common here burps,order to demonstrate satisfaction and gratitude for services received.

What is considered good or bad education is nothing more than a concert or social agreement based on the traditions, but not on any objective and universal pattern and therefore vary greatly from culture to culture.

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Yes or no.

Interestingly, in Bulgaria and Greece gestures head to say yes or are not completely contrary to the rest of the world. That is, moving his head from right to left and vice versa to give an affirmative answer and, on the hand, raise and lower the head if they want answered negatively. Let us keep this mind if we go down to these countries.