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Codex Mundi A scholarly atlas of the senses lost when crossing borders
Codex MundiLinguistic false friendsOffrir une horloge en Chine (送鐘)
e0482Linguistic false friends · homophones-fatals

Offrir une horloge en Chine (送鐘)

送鐘 song zhōng = mener un enterrement — pire cadeau d'affaires possible.

Geography of misunderstanding

Offensive

  • china-continental
  • japan
  • south-korea
  • taiwan
  • hong-kong
  • mongolia

Neutral

  • france
  • belgium
  • netherlands
  • luxembourg

Not documented

  • afrique-ouest

Sources · 3

AcademicMorris, D., Collett, P., Marsh, P., & O'Shaughnessy, M. (1979). Gestures: Their Origins and Distribution. Stein & Day / Jonathan Cape.
AcademicAxtell, R. E. (1998). Gestures: The Do's and Taboos of Body Language Around the World (revised edition). John Wiley & Sons.
AcademicMatsumoto, D. & Hwang, H.C. (2013). Cultural similarities and differences in emblematic gestures. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 37(1), 1-27. —