• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    Inaccurate for Italian because 50% of the language is conveyed by auditory volume, hand gestures and body language … and espresso, lots and lots of espresso.

    Turkish is also inaccurate because 25% of the language is in the eyes … those intense eyes where you can’t tell if someone is excited, energetic, full of life or psychotic / murderous.

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        20 days ago

        That’s what I mean … just that hand gesture depending on who made it and in what circumstance just conveys a ton of information without saying a word.

        It could mean … “hey that was fantastic spaghetti and the sauce was wonderful”

        Or it could mean … “that was a ballsy move you did last night … imma gonna keep my eye on you and burn down your house next week”