Britishgestures

1. Tappingyournosegesture/ Needtoknowgesture
Pointupyourrightindexfingerandthentouchtherightsideofyournose. Tapthesideofyournosearoundthreetimes. ThismeansthatI’mnotgoingtotellyousomething. Thereasonfortouchingthenoseforthismeaningispresumablytheuseoftheword “nose” intheexpressions “Don’tbenosy” and “Don’tpokeyournoseintootherpeople’sbusiness”. Thosephrasesareusuallytoostrongtoactuallysaywiththisgesture, butyoucansaysentenceslike “Neveryoumind” and “It’sstrictlyneedtoknow” whileyouaretappingthesideofyournose.

2. Timeoutgesture
Thisgestureisoftenusedinsport, buthassuch a usefulandspecificmeaningthat I alsotendtouseitquite a lot. Make a letter T shapewithtwoopenhands
Asinsport, thismeans “take a break”, usuallyspecifically “Okayguys, there’snopointarguingaboutthisanylonger. Let’scooldownandcomebacktoitlater”.

3. Whenyouarein a restaurantyoushouldaskthewaiterthisway. Itiscalledsigningintheairgesture
Putyourrighthandintheairwithyourthumbandfirsttwofingerstouchingasifyouareholding a pen, thenmoveyourhandexactlyasifyouwerequicklysigningyourname. Thisgestureisusedbydinersin a restauranttomean “Can I havethebill, please? ”InBritainpeoplegenerallydon’tlikeraisingtheirvoicetogettheattentionofthewaiter.

Howtospeakwithyourhands:

InBritaintherearesomerules. So, youshoulduseyourhandgesturesresponsively.

· Stayinthebox. Appropriatehandspeakingspaceisfromthetopofyourchesttothebottomofyourwaist. Ifyougooutsidethisbox, it’sseenasdistractingandoutofcontrol.

· Thereis a spectrum. Handgesturesaregreatupto a certainpoint. ItiscalledthistheJazzHandsSpectrum:

· Makeyourgesturespurposeful.

· Knowwhatyouwanttosay. Ifyouhave a bigspeechcomingup, prepareyourwords, otherwiseyourgesturescantrytoovercompensate

· Themoresmooththebetter. Welovefluidhandgestures. Jerkyandroboticpreparedmovesaredistracting. Practicespeakingwithyourhandsuntilitfeelsandlooksnatural.

· Filmyourself. Filmyourselfchattingwithsomeoneonthephone. Youmightbesurprisedwhatkindsofgesturesyouuseandhowmanyyouuseduringtheconversation.

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