DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have posed this question twice, and realize that you don’t want to answer. Would you mind telling me why women and children loudly say “mwah” when they kiss a person on the cheek?

Back to the sound-track: As this sound is made with the mouth open, it cannot be managed while the lips are planted on a cheek. Therefore, it goes with the so-called air-kiss, delivered just beside ...

Giving your husband’s face a smack has a drastically different meaning in France than it does elsewhere. Instead of the ‘mwah’ sound Americans use to mimic kissing, French people opt for the sound of ...