Why is it that we innately cover our mouths during extreme surprises?
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Where are you from? Here in Austria (and a lot of other places in Europe I’ve been to) I’ve never seen anyone doing this. I know the gesture and I’ve seen people doing it as a joke.
Edit: Or in movies/videos to convey surprise (because how else would you show it?). Or by women/girls when they intentionally overreact (accompanied by a lot of giggling and girlish screaming).
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