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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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nodding and shaking the head are reversed/contrary/opposite//the other way around

Yet in Bulgaria, nodding and shaking the head are reversed: up and down means no, and side to side means yes.

Hi,
Is it correct to replace "reversed" in the above with "contrary/opposite//the other way around?" Thanks.
  

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Hi, Yet in Bulgaria, nodding and shaking the head are reversed: up and down means no, and side to side means yes. " In everyday spoken English, I'd say 'the other way around'. If I wanted to speak more carefully, I'd say Yet in Bulgaria, the meanings of nodding and shaking the head are reversed / the other way around .

— Clive

  • Hi, Yet in Bulgaria, nodding and shaking the head are reversed: up and down means no, and side to side means yes.
  • " In everyday spoken English, I'd say 'the other way around'.
  • If I wanted to speak more carefully, I'd say Yet in Bulgaria, the meanings of nodding and shaking the head are reversed / the other way around .
  • Up and down means no, and side to side means yes.
  • Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,

Yet in Bulgaria, nodding and shaking the head are reversed: up and down means no, and side to side means yes.

Is it correct to replace "reversed" in the above with "contrary/opposite//the other way around?"

In everyday spoken English, I'd say 'the other way around'.

If I wanted to speak more carefully, I'd say
Yet in Bulgaria, the meanings
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