Conrad H. Roth has a blog called
Varieties of Unreligious Experience. On it you can find everything you ever wanted to know about the
history of the head nod and
more and
more (the best was saved for last I believe). Parts one and two are largely etymological speculations. Part three treats the gestural aspect. Why he chose the humble nod, I cannot tell, but he provides ample reading material on the subject.
"Proud day: Rice accepts Bush's nod to head State" (source MSNBC)
A possible
candidate for gesture mix-ups is
the way Bulgarians nod for yes and no (see
video). I hope the people of
Umanify are still listening? (They wanted their avatar to use appropriate head gestures)
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