Sunday, May 11, 2008
"ehh...vodka"
Being born in the former Soviet Union, I have seen many myths that propagate about Russians (I'm not even Russian, I'm Ukrainian, but people seem to think that those are the same thing). Among others, I have seen people joke that all Russians drink a lot and don't get drunk, are Commie spies, and enjoy/are unaffected by the cold (because it is cold in Russia). One of my friends has this bit that he does where he talks in a fake and very thick Russian accent and says whatever Russian/Russian-sounding words he knows mixed with broken English. This is a typical portion, "ehh...vodka...ehh...Hunt for Red October." Basically people only know about Russians what they see in the movies (where Russians are often the bad guys) and the few actual Russians that they may know don't do much to dispel the myths, so they carry on.
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