eye verbal telephone
For example  ,different societies treat the  distance  between people differently.Northern Europeans usually do not like having  [MASK]  contact even with friends,and certainly not with  enemies  .People from Latin American countries,  on the other hand  ,touch each other quite a lot.Therefore,it's possible that in  conversation  ,it may look like a Latino is  following  a Norwegian all over the room.The Latino,trying to express friendship,will keep moving  closer  .The Norwegian,very probably seeing this as pushiness,will keep  backing away  --which the Latino will in return regard as  coldness  . Clearly,a great deal is going on when people  talk  .And only a part of it is in the words themselves.And when parties are from  different  cultures,there's a strong possibility of  misunderstanding  .But whatever the situation,the best  advice  is to obey the Golden Rule:treat others as you would like to be  treated  .