My Long Hair and My Indian Body Language
0 commentsWhen I cut my hair short last year, I noticed two habits that I had. The first action was tucking my long hair back behind my ear. The second action was pulling my hair back into a pony-tail behind my head. Even without long hair, I noticed my hands mechanically doing these actions for several days after cutting it short.
Talking in American English to the flight attendants on my way home, I noticed that I had two new Indian conversational habits. Instead of acknowledging a question with a "Yes" answer, I simply cocked my head to the right. And when I did answer or agree in the affirmative, it was with a "Ha" sound instead of a "Yes" or "Yeah."
A few days later now, and I am still rolling my head in the affirmative. I am sure it will wear off in another few days.