16 features Russian

Humorous portal Buzzfeed published a list of the features of the Russian people, who notice the Americans for the first time to visit Russia. Most traditions seem very strange to them. 1. Dress up before going to the store. Russian, especially those who live in cities and love to dress up before you go shopping. For example, wearing a dress and heels - a great outfit for a casual walk!





2. Sit on the track. When the suitcase is already assembled most of Russian and prisyadut stop five minutes before leaving.

Well, about 5 minutes - they bent. 80 times less.



3. tell jokes as often as possible. They can get you something to tell, and suddenly: "It reminded me of an anecdote ..." And it will tell, though, it may not be suited to the theme of the previous story.



4. congratulate each after going to the sauna. They say, "Enjoy Your Bath!»



5. Answer the question "how are you?" And deployed long. This question is at the Russian demands complete response, and not just "all right».



6. Do not smile at passers-by. Smiling casual passers-by, whom you met my eyes - it does not matter. Smile must be sincere and share them with friends you only.



7. Celebrate the New Year with more enthusiasm than Christmas. They put the Christmas tree for the New Year, gifts - the same New Year's Eve. Forget about Christmas, New Year - the most important holiday of winter.

8. Constantly review the Soviet cartoons. "Well, wait a minute!" (Russian version of "Tom and Jerry"), "The Bremen Town Musicians" and "The Snow Queen" - Russian favorite cartoons.



9. Calling all women "girls". If you want to call the waitress, then shout: "Girl!" Refers to the fifty lady say "girl", even the so-called grandparents.



10. Sit down at the table to eat and sit him for hours. If a company is going to Russian to dinner together, they will eat, and then we'll talk. And then another talk ... and go again.

11. ready much more food than we can eat your guests. And in most dishes are tons of mayonnaise.

12. Do not throw plastic bags. Seriously, Russian never, under any circumstances, do not throw plastic bags, because you never know when you'll need.



13. Living with parents. It often happens that the whole Russian family: parents, grandparents, children and grandchildren all live in the same apartment.



14. Meet a stranger and immediately make friends. And then invite him to his home for tea.



15. Never come to visit without a gift. This can be something sweet wine for dinner, a box of chocolates or flowers (or even a complete set). No matter what to bring, the main thing - just do not come empty-handed.



16. Speak long and complex toast. Only the laziest of the lazy utter toast "To your health!". Be prepared to listen to long speeches and anecdotes.

For example, I seriously admire naivety and lack of cynicism in the majority of American adults. Or they call it differently?

American students can not understand the Russian fairy tale "Jack Frost": what is rewarded girl deceived Grandfather Frost? The most negative hero "Anna Karenina" for them is Steve Oblonsky - he is cheating wife spends money, a lot of eating and thinking all the time about the pleasures and the most positive - Karenin, a good family man, an excellent worker, she is a conflict of the novel seems to them an artificial husband agree to a divorce, a lover - a marriage, because of what a train rush?

Here we are different.



Source: www.buzzfeed.com