Same things, different ways--"name in your mother language"

The topic of these poster is the sequence of names in Eastern and Western world. In most Western countries, people have their given names first; but in most Asian countries, people put their family names before their given names.

Same things, different ways--"bye-bye!"

Americans wave a hand to say good-bye as their body language; but in Italian and Greek, people extend an arm, has pallm-up and curling fingers.

Same things, different ways--"missing you..."

When two Americans or Europeans friends meet each other, they may have a lip kiss to express their missing and love. But for Eskimos, a nose kiss is more usual.

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Same things, different ways--"how tall he is..."

Americans use one hand to show the height of a people; most South Americans use both hands to express the same meaning.

Same things, different ways--"yes!"

For most people of the world, nodding is a common way to say "yes"; but for Bulgarians, they usually use opposite way--shaking their heads.

Same color, different meanings--blue

Another series posters that also related to culture differenes. In the US and Canada, blue color means trustworthy and usually used by official business sucs as the United State Postal Services; but in some countries such as Turey, the blue color represents evil repellent.

Same color, different meanings--blue

In the US and Canada, yellow color means sunny and happy; in Spain and Portugal, yellow means treason.