I recently realized that my sister-in-law has been kissing my boyfriend on the mouth every time she greets him.

Discussing greetings with Michael Rosen on this week’s Word of Mouth was linguist Dr Laura Wright and former diplomat Andy Scott, author of One Kiss or Two?, a book about the origins and ...

How should you greet a pope? For centuries, it was Catholic tradition to kiss the papal foot. Nowadays, many faithful choose to bow and kiss the papal ring. Conservative Catholics, who routinely ...