European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 Story and photos by Robert Leonard Naples Bureau j a lot of people talk Aboul nonverbal communication but in Naples a person who does t have talking hands is hard  italian Story tells about a neapolitan prisoner of War who had been taken out of his cell and Tor lured by his captors for information. When he was resumed to his cell his cellmate asked him if he had talked when he said no the other prisoner asked him Why  could to Walshe reply. My hands were  tha neapolitan dialled is alive because neapolitan Are so very emotional language expert David e Ron stated in a recent study. "11 they Are in a quiet mood then they Don t talk but if they Are engry sad. Of Happy then every part of their body communicates those feelings. Tha words crowd in their Throat and they resort to gestures to express  i became so american that i Don t use hand language very much anymore because / Don t talk with their hands and i Gol Usa Guy Gaetano Ruggiero a neapolitan \ Long Island for 15 years. Now my Tallai me Why i Don t Greet them in typical neat men friends Hiss on the Cheeks and Buafo every greeting. I can Only Tell them like i my name to Guy. I also had to change or the province of Naples has been Dom foreign rulers. Probably because of this i had to adapt a language conducive to m the spoken word in order to survive the d Gap. Talking hands Are used to accentuate verbal message As much As underlining c written words. The talking hand i neapolitan Are that to be to enl people must also learn t gestures. One gesture a warning that thieves c Page 14 the stars and stripes