When we get to a new country, we meet new people, and very often their habits, behavior and mentality are significantly different from ours. Blog author Sergei Kurylenko on Yandex.Zen told by what habits you can easily recognize an American even in a crowd of Russians. Further -…
I want to tell you why sometimes Americans seem to me not just people with a different mentality and upbringing, but creatures from another planet. What is it - from another universe! 1. In their desire to be politically correct, Americans sometimes reach the point of absurdity. They are so concerned...
Usually, when arriving in a country that is new to us, we focus our attention on what seems unusual to us in someone else’s lifestyle, habits and morals. But the clash of two cultures is always a mutual process, and for the locals we too...
Americans are mostly law-abiding - this simple truth is unlikely to be questioned by anyone who has the opportunity to compare life in the United States with the realities of the post-Soviet space. However, those Russian-speaking immigrants who do not have a lot of business experience should be careful to ...
Not everything that seems harmless can be taken with you. When I flew to the United States for the first time, my palms even sweated at the sight of a smiling stewardess who handed me a customs declaration. The fact is that in the United States there is such a thing - agricultural control. Its staff is making sure that you do not import anything prohibited. ...
These are just my observations, and they certainly cannot be applied to the entire nation. And for the most part, these are just those things that will not affect my mentality and habits in any way, and because of this I do not always feel "mine" ...
Many foreigners, coming to Russia, are amazed at the gloom and gloom of the Russians. The Village publication with Joseph Sternin, Doctor of Philology and the author of the article "Smile in Russian Communicative Behavior", decided to dot the issue in this matter and explain to everyone why it is not possible to smile in Russia ...
Each country has its own characteristics of communication and a certain mentality. As for America, this is a country that has gathered an unrealistic number of immigrants, and therefore mentalities, writes the author of the website za-bugrom.com, Sergei Timshin. Seriously, I haven't met ANY American...
Sometimes, observing Americans, you notice that some of their habits and life circumstances are ridiculously, and sometimes painfully similar to ours. Or maybe it's just common to all mankind? While I was living in Russia, I often heard it on one occasion, then ...