A kiss is just a kiss?[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You see it everywhere overseas: Hetero men ardently kissing each other in greeting. Gaydar thrown off? Use this sweeping guide to the confusing customs of male social kissing: NO KISS: Australia, Crete, United Kingdom, Ireland, Finland, most of Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , most of Asia, Poland, Spain, Portugal, South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. , Nigeria ONE KISS: Algeria, Bahrain, Belgium, Egypt, Germany, Oman, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (sä  `dē ərā`bēə, sou`–, sô–), officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kingdom (2005 est. pop. , Turkey
TWO KISSES: Argentina, Austria, France, Italy, Greece, Romania, Russia, most of Scandinavia, Uruguay, Uzbekistan THREE KISSES: Provence (France), Serbia FOUR KISSES: Paris (where else?) TOUCHING NOSES: The Maori in New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , the Bedouin in North Africa and Saudi Arabia, the Inuit of the Arctic [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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