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Top Ten Signs To Know If Someone Is Lying by Nobody: 3:17pm On Jan 02, 2014
Nobody in this world is perfect. Therefore, no one
can claim that he/she doesn’t lie at all. Lying gets
necessary at some point of time. But a liar is a liar.
He can’t get away with his lies. Liars tend to reveal
their lies through their own expressions, behaviour
or body language. Here are the top 10 signs that will
help you catch a liar…
10. Anger:
You must have heard the common saying, “attack is
the best defence strategy.” Liars usually follow this
saying word to word. Confused? Well, then try and
express even the slightest of mistrust or doubt in the
concerned liar, he will get nervous and will start
pointing his notorious finger towards you.
Why? Unlike a liar, a true heart will get furious if
wrongfully judged. But he will keep aside his anger
and will co-operate and help you find the actual
truth.
9. Denial with extra
emphasis:
This is a very common habit of most of the liars.
When interviewed and asked about a certain question
which they actually wanted to hide, they, in haste,
tend to use a very formal language to deny. They
use affirmative sentences and words to make the
listener believe in them. Negative words like did
not, never ever, etc. are used frequently. This extra
emphasis on denial triggers smart interviewers or
listeners and they get confirmed of the fact that
something is cooking up for sure.
8. Repetition:
This is something that almost every liar does. They
repeat the entire question before answering it. This
gives them time to cook up some lie. They actually
buy some time to fool the interrogator. Smart
interrogators catch the liars before they even try to
lie.
7. Body language and
gestures:
Truly said, “Body reveals it all.” Body speaks every
bit of a truth. A careful observer can catch a liar by
just observing his body language. A person lying on
the bed when queried about something will sit
instantly and start feeling uneasy if he is lying.
Gestures assist the body language in unmasking the
liars. While telling a lie, the liars get anxious and
their anxiety takes the form of unconscious signals,
such as tapping one’s lap, adjusting oneself, curling
hair with fingers, etc. These grooming gestures are
enough to know that the concerned person is lying.
6. Unusual behaviour and
improper facial expressions:
If you know the concerned liar well, you can easily
figure out the instantly changed behaviour. Change
in behaviour includes the change in degree of
calmness and anxiety in any person. Upon being
asked about something that the liar doesn’t want to
tell, his calm will fly out of the window and he will
feel at unease. It has been seen in many surveys that
a calm person becomes anxious and an anxious
person turns into calm one while being
queried. Facial expressions like fake smile and
cunning delight that rules the face after deceiving
the other person are also revelation signs. Sharp
listeners and careful observers hash the truth out of
liars.
5. Inconsistency:
Liars are usually inconsistent in the fable they
narrate to deceive the interrogator. All an
interrogator needs to do is interrupt the dear liar at
every divergence. Ask him unexpected questions. In
no time he will get irked and make everything easy
for you to understand.
4. Escape and change the
subject:
The liars subconsciously step backwards, with their
feet towards the exit. This way, they impel to get
ready to escape out of the situation. They also try to
create a physical bar between them and the
interviewers by placing a cup of coffee or water
bottle on the desk between them. One smart habit of
the liars is changing the subject. Amidst talks or
interview, they cleverly divert the topic in some
other direction. Well then, you also need to give a
smart blow. Keep reverting to the original topic and
you will come across their desperation to escape the
subject.
3. Voice and tone:
While explaining things, a liar’s vocal tone often
gets altered. Liars with lower pitch start speaking
with higher pitch and vice-versa. Their tongue
fumbles and they speak in a tone different from
usual. Their hesitation to answer also comes into
picture at times.
2. A long story:
Liars tend to weave a web of lies by telling
exaggerated stories. They give a little too much
information during this process of story narration.
However, once they finish up with their fable; ask
them to narrate it back. Yes! Here you nab the liar.
Liars will struggle hard to repeat their original
performance.
1. Eye Contact:
Eyes say it all. A person speaking truth maintains
eye contact for around 60% of conversation. On the
other hand, a liar will try and have more eye contact
than this. However, a few liars do not make eye
contact at all or hesitate to face the interviewer. This
may also happen when the person is nervous.
Therefore, a person engaging in more eye contact
than necessary is more likely to be a liar than a
person making no eye contact.
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Re: Top Ten Signs To Know If Someone Is Lying by Nobody: 3:38pm On Jan 02, 2014
somone shud please comment -____-!
Re: Top Ten Signs To Know If Someone Is Lying by bigtt76(f): 3:42pm On Jan 02, 2014
Ok ....we don hear!
Re: Top Ten Signs To Know If Someone Is Lying by dejibimbo(m): 4:11pm On Jan 02, 2014
Tell me what I don't know....I pray u detect dat am lying from those, we have expert liers you know...
Re: Top Ten Signs To Know If Someone Is Lying by Nobody: 7:10pm On Jan 02, 2014
dejibimbo: Tell me what I don't know....I pray u detect dat am lying from those, we have expert liers you know...
there are sompple dat knw when som1 lies but don't raise alarm

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