▲ 139 ▼ Why words like 'okay' and 'taxi' are universally understood across the world but survival related ones like 'help', 'water', 'food' remained nation specific? (lemmy.zip) submitted 2 years ago by opalescent@lemmy.zip to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 37 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 2 years ago It's easy to just use sign language for those. Waving your arms frantically, and miming a drink or eating food are pretty universally understood. permalink fedilink source