White North Americans

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Ian Skinner <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Michael Grant wrote:
> > Anyone knows what it means when you shake hands with someone and they
> look
> > away?
> >
> > There's someone that comes to our office often and has known my boss for
> > years. Every time they shake hands the guy looks away from my boss and
> > doesn't make eye contact. I'm dying to know why.
> >
>
> What culture?
>
> I recently heard a brief piece about some of the differences in
> greetings and what not in different cultures around the world.  One that
> might relate here is that Northern Oriental cultures (Korean I believe)
> find it rude if you stare too intently at a person when shaking their
> hands.
>
> 

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