Question 2

Nonverbal messages just based on what culture you come from could be mistaken by other people. The example of miscommunication in the book is about giving what we Americans call the “OK” sign. We may be used to giving that sign over here but in other countries that sign could have different meanings that we don’t intend to give out. According to the book in some countries the “ok” sign is meant to say that something is worthless. Or in some countries giving the “Ok” symbol refers to the female genitalia. So what we as American consider to be a non verbal message saying that we are ok, in other countries has an entirely different meaning altogether. To be fair I never really had a bad experience with communicating with someone from another culture. I know in some cultures it is a sign of disrespect to show the bottom of you shoe. But I feel that to communicate with other people we should always show respect.