Foreign Bodies: A-Z of European Mannerisms

by PeterCollett (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1993

  $4.20

  This book provides essential information on appropriate - and inappropriate - behaviour throughout Europe, covering a variety of topics: from tricks of verbal etiquette to striking the right conversational tone, from profane epithets to cracking a joke, from the knack of making the right gesture with head, hand or eyebrow to notions of punctuality, from how to handle courtship and infidelity to what to expect when eating and drinking. The author explores the ways Europeans behave towards each other, how they express themselves and how they communicate. In doing so, he reveals much about the British national character.