Talk:Nod (gesture)

Perhaps someone has an insight into this - but in India a 'yes' can be a side-to-side bobbing motion of the head. Not sure if there's a 'no' gesture as well, but the side-to-side motion can lead to a lot of confusion when you're used to it meaning 'no'.

Bulgarian
"In some countries of Eastern Europe (such as Bulgaria)"
 * Is there any Eastern-Europian culture apart from Bulgarian, where this is used? I thought it's quite uniquely Bulgarian (No - Nodding, side to side - Yes)

The stupid answer to this question: Macedonia /I mean FYROM/. Apart them, I do not know any other Balkan nation to use the nodding in the same way. However, I have not made any researches on this so I can only give personal experiense.


 * Does anyone have any input of this? If it's common in some parts of India, could it be Roma influence? There should be some reference to this from Bulgarian, either language or culture article.

My personal opinion is that this is local weirdness.

--- I'm bulgarian and I've always used nodding for confirmation and jerking side to side for "No". And I don't remember seeing anyone do it the opposite way, so I think this is some kind of myth and should be removed from the page. "rumor has it that ...[] and the habit stuck" - this can't be serious...78.90.39.104 (talk) 18:07, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not Bulgarian but I did see a dealer in a casino do this left-right thing (not exactly left right, let's just say the nose drawing an infinity sign ($$\infty$$ would be a more specific description) to say "Yes" (which I did misunderstand for saying no). Joepnl (talk) 23:08, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Bulgarian, Albanian
Albanians also nod for no and shake for yes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.44.217.103 (talk) 05:45, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Inclusion of this info might be at least informative. If not even add to the overall quality of the article. Regards, --biblbroks (talk) 16:48, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Babies nodding
Cecil Adams mentions the babies-nodding conjecture and that meme seems prevalent on the 'net -- but it appears not to be true, in my experience. Of about six newborns i've watched feed, they all seem to wiggle their heads left-and-right to get a better latch on a nipple, which is the exact opposite sense of the conjecture. I'd like to see a real citation one way or the other. zowie 00:40, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Bulldogs Nodding
Bulldogs have a tendency to nod their heads occasionally, reason unknown.

Heroin reference
Why is the reference to nodding also being a slang term involved in heroin use in the second paragraph. It seems that would fit better in the Nod disambiguation page. I am deleting the reference in this article. If someone insists on putting it back, please place it somewhere other than the beginning of the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.6.185.21 (talk) 03:30, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Sri Lanka
The article states that in Sri Lanka, nodding means no. Does someone have a reference for that? Because I come from Sri Lanka, and I've never noticed or experienced that. - Akamad 04:42, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I was the one who originally mentioned that, but I don't have any direct knowledge of it &mdash; I was just going by various references on the internet. (For example, the Sri Lanka section of this one and the last section of this one). If you think it's incorrect, though, I guess it should be taken out, or at least qualified. -- Vardion 06:10, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I guess I can't argue with soures. Though I do doubt the credibility of the first source, since they state the pronouciation of Sri Lanka is "Shree Lanka", when it's pronounced as shown on here: . Though I do admit that many Australians (I live in Australia) pronouce it "shree". - Akamad 11:57, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Photo
What does a photo of a drug user have to do with this article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.44.10.55 (talk) 08:58, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
 * As it says in the lead, "nodding out" is a piece of drug-use slang. The photo (File:Nodding out.jpg) isn't particularly clear or illustrative, though, just being the back of someone's head as they're leaning forwards (I had to look at it full-size to realise it was someone cross-legged with their legs under a blanket). I've removed it. --McGeddon (talk) 20:24, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

roman forum
What is this section on Romans? It neither makes sense nor has any reference. samadam (talk) 16:03, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

In Japan
Japanese people nod when they mean "Yes". I cannot give you a specific reference, but I certainly did notice it when visiting Japan - and also on several occasions when talking to Japanese people in Europe and Dubai --DLMcN (talk) 20:04, 10 October 2013 (UTC)