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Stereotypes about Russia (part 2)
The continuation of the 1st part.
3. All Russian women are beautiful. Well this is the most pleasant stereotype,isn’t it?:)
Especially for a Russian girl like me As much as I wanted to say it’s true I can’t. Of course I think EVERY person from ANY country is beautiful in its own unique way,I’m sorry if it sounds cheesy, but I do think that. But what is beautiful? Everybody has different definition of it. Unfortunately many foreigners perceive Russian beauty from Russian models or tennis players who go abroad like Anna Kurnikova,Maria Sharapova,Sasha Pivovarova,Natasha Vodyanova and so on. Most of them are high blondes with blue eyes,long legs,high cheekbones… But here in Russia we have all different kinds of girls: high/small/slim/plump/curvy/skinny with dark/blond/red hair,with blue/green/hazel/dark eyes….That’s why some foreigners( not all of them,of course,but there were a few) who were surprised to learn that I’m Russian because I’m not high blue-eyed blond
Well that’s been a long letter and I spoke of only 3 stereotypes,maybe I’ll continue in my next entry. I’ll be glad to read your corrections and maybe some opinions about stereotypes about Russia or about your country or stereotypes in general! Thank you for your attention
P.S. Many foreigners, especially Americans don’t know that 99% of Russians LOVE tea!
10. Juli 2013
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Stereotypes about Russia (part 1)
Hello,everyone!
So today I finally decided to write my 1st notebook entry. I genuinely wanted to write it in Spanish, the language that I’m trying to learn now, but my knowledge of it is at a really low level and I don’t want to write something very simple and primitive. So my first entry here is going to be in English which is also far from being perfect so you are all very welcome to improve and correct it. Also due to the fact that the number of symbols in the notebook is limited I would have to separate my entry into 2 parts, I hope it wouldn’t be inconvenient but I can’t write shortly! I have stream of consciousness here! Though my entry is in English it’s going to be about Russia,my wonderful native country. The thing that I want to discuss,(yes, discuss, because I hope you will answer to me ) is ‘Stereotypes about Russia’. People just love to stereotype and put labels on everything, I believe we all do it in some way and there are no exceptions. Before writing this mini-article I googled some stereotypes about Russia and Russian people. Some of them I knew, some of them surprised me. But today I want to write about the most common ones. Here we go:
1. Russia is very cold. Well, partially maybe it’s true in comparison with some other hot sun-shining-all-the-time countries. But basically many people think (I hope you are not one of them) that it’s snowing here all the time and we wear this fur coats and fur caps with red star on it 24/7. No,it’s not!!! Russia is the biggest country of the world!! It has 12 time zones! In general we have cold summers and hot-warm summers, which is similar to Canada or Northern part of the USA btw.
2. Vodka. Some foreign people think that all Russians drink vodka. I don’t agree I know many people who can’t stand this particular drink (including myself). Of course there are some men or women who abuse it,but not everyone!!! Moreover, I don’t think that Russian people drink more than the rest of the world. If there would be some kind of International Alcohol Association, I believe Russia wouldn’t be the President of it!
(The continuation is in the 2nd part)…
10. Juli 2013
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First notebook entry: Introducing myself
Me llamo Julia! Soy de Rusia))) Tengo 20 anos)
Me siento genial))) Quiero conocer la hente nueva))))
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