I was trying to think of some unusal English phrase that is in use here, but instead, your message reminded me:

>Had a high school teacher in Wis who would raise our collective eyebrows ...

In most of Micronesia, to reply to a question in the affirmative, the eyebrows are raised - very subtle, if you're not used to it.

A researcher doing studies on eye perception was in Palau a few years ago and was asking for a person to respond "yes" or "no" to questions as they were looking through a scope...the person would raise their eyebrows as a "yes" response, and of course, this was not seen by the researcher...very consufusing, at first.

I always feel a bit out of it, when I first come to the US, as I raise my eyebrows in response to a question, or as a greeting....

Happy holidaze, new year, Y2K, whatever!

Thanks to all of you for help, insight and guidance.

J