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Julia Grosse

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Don’t Get Me Wrong!

If you travel internationally you might consider picking up a copy of the bookDon’t Get Me Wrong!: The Global Gestures Guide by Julia Grosse and Judith Reker. It’s a book of photographs showing various hand gestures from around the world and it is ideal for the global jet setter. Or just somebody going on vacation to a new country. Who knows, maybe it will save you from an embarrassing cross-cultural communication mistake!

Each page shows a photograph of a models hand in a different gesture. The opposite page explains what it means, followed by the countries where it has …