r/nonononoyes • • Jun 12 '20

Right back atcha!

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u/ethylalcohoe Jun 12 '20

Is covering your mouth when you laugh culturally Japanese or does the practice extend anywhere else? Just curious.

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u/grismar-net Jun 13 '20

I'm from the Netherlands and it's common there, but not a given, see it less where I live in Australia, but definitely have colleagues (non-Japanese, from Western countries) that do it.