I'm yet to progress to the um-ing and aw-ing in Japanese phase, so I
don't know if it naturally follows, but I know a couple of gaigin who
regularly point to the nose, rather than to the chest, to indicate
"self". To me it always looks like a forced gesture, but I've never
actually asked the people who do it if it's natural or not, just in
case they get offended or something. I'm no psychologist or whatever,
but I would think that it must be forced. What do you lot think?

Ken