I was taught by my parents to cover my mouth when I laugh... and I notice Japanese people do it too, especially the girls. Hmm were anyone taught to cover their mouth when they laugh?

No.

That can apply to anyone. Not just the Japanese. -_-

haha. japanese chat is so barren. umm, i'd have to say.... no. but i have before, for no reason. haha

I learned to cover my mouth when I am eating, and when I am picking stuff out from my teeth.

definately cover your mouth if you have food in it. Weird I dunno why JApanese cover their mouths.

sometimes i forget lucky my friends don't care. hahaha. i cover my mouth when i use a toothpick though.

i cover my mouth when i laugh .. but i was never taught it .. and it doestnt apply to just japanese people . :x

oh my gosh...
All japanese and korean female fobs I see...
Always cover their mouths when they laugh
It's so annoying.

I always thought they covered their mouths because they had really nasty teeth. I don't know the real reason but oh well.

Now that I think about it, my mom does that when she laughs... Didn't really notice it until now.

I was taught to cover my mouth when I laugh, cough, sneeze and yawn...and I'm not Japanese

^what you want a cookie?

I cover my mouth when I cough. When I laugh, no. No one taught me anything like that

nope. But i was taught to covered my mouth when I yawn.

It depends. I cover my mouth if it's a bad time to laugh so as to hide it.

some asian people cover their mouths when they laugh to hide their teeth because some of them have pretty jacked up teeth

My Korean friend would instantaneously cover his mouth at every instance he could whenever he'd laugh. We used to tease him alot about it. I guess it's not just the Japanese.

Apparently it's dishonorable to show your teeth or the insides of your mouth while laughing cause it looks brutish and uncivilized. At least that's what I heard from BBC's documentaries of Japan.

Hmm... interesting

i'm chinese, and i used to do it ALL the time...
but afte rliving in america for...8 years, i havent done it in a long time, either :P

yea i sometimes cover my mouth when i laugh.. u duno why tho.. more polite?

your parents are too polit, if you do that your friends will think you are a homosecksual