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ahoy, 145 eyebrow ﬂ ash, 50–2 avoidance language, 120–3 food as greeting/farewell, back-nod, 16 110–12 Bellamy salute, 23 ‘good–’ greetings, 139 blanking, 83, 116 goodbye-mum meat, 111 bones, 71 greeting refusals bow, 7–16, 25 blanking, 83, 116 bump China, 108 elbow, 72 desert, 99 ﬁ st, 71–2 England, 102 curtsey, 7 ‘the cut’, 116–18 cut, 116–18 handshake, 54–70 dap, 73–4 Arctic, 135 dual form, 195 Britain, 57–8 dumplings, 111 China, 62–3 Eskimo kiss, see hongi France, 59–60 exclusive, see inclusive/ Freemasons, 67 exclusive form Livingstone, 95–6 eye contact, 25 Nanda Devi, 101

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Quakers, 57–8 Tok Pisin, 197–8 Russia, 61–2 kinship, 179–85 Scouts, 67 Australian Aboriginal, secret, 66–7 182–4 varieties of, 68 Chinese, 181–2 hat removal, 75–82 Hawaiian, 180 ‘dip one’s lid’, 75–6 kiss, 30–48 Eastern Europe, 78–9 air, 45–7 Freud, Sigmund, 80–1 blow, 40 Poland, 78–9 cheek, 41–4 reasons for, 79–81 Eskimo, see hongi tipping, 81–2 feet, 35 hello hand, 37–9 ‘hello stranger’, 85 knee, 34 origins of, 147–8 mwah-mwah, see kiss, air telephones, 124, 125, 145–6 Romans, 32 high-ﬁ ve, 72–3 XXX (sign-off), 36–7 hipster greeting, 53 knudge, 71 hongi, 26–9 kowtow, 13–15 how do you do, 143–4 Malmö nod, 16 immixtio manuum, 69–70 Manchu kneeling, 48 inclusive/exclusive form, moieties, 183–4 194–8 mother-in-law speech, 120–3 Australian Aboriginal mwah-mwah, see kiss, air languages, 199 namaste, 15

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names queue (hairdo), 104 avoidance of, 200–13 refusal, see greeting refusals Chinese, 153–4, 175 ‘respect’ gesture, 71–2 dead people’s, 207–13 salaam, 15–16, 170 foreign, 150–2, 204 salute Foreman, George, 155 Bellamy, 23 Icelandic, 157–60 Hitler, 18–23, 84–5 Inuit, 211–12 military, 81–2 Irish, 209–11 Nazi, 18, 20, 23, 84 Japanese, 175–6 Olympic, 20, 84 Macedonian, 174 Pledge of Allegiance, 21–3 married, 174–5 Roman, 18, 23 nicknames, 170 shaka, 91–2 taboos, 200–13 Saluto Romano, see salute, usage on television, Roman 128–30 -san, 189–90 Zappa, 203 shaka salute, 91 nicknames, see names ‘shooting’ gesture, 156 nose rub, 26–7 skins, 183–4 Olympic salute, 20, 84–5 T-form, 187, 190–3 Parthian shot, 97–8 taboo language, see avoidance phonaesthesia, 29 language pineapple, 24 taboo names, see names Pledge of Allegiance, 21–3 telephone, see hello ‘pound’ gesture, 71–2 thou/you, 187–9

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titles grasping, 88 academic, 177 Hawaiian, 91 medical, 171–3 Japanese, 87 tombstones, 169 shaka, 91 trial form, 197–9 varieties of, 89–90 V-form, 187, 190–2 with ﬁ ngers, 87 wai, 15 XXX (sign-off), 36–7 wave, 86–92 you close-up, 87 avoidance of, 161 for help, 90–1 versus ‘thou’, 187–93

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