A saying I learned from a Russian coworker: "The only people who smile all the time are idiots and Americans."
As an American, I find that quite amusing. I'd say it brings a smile to my face, but there's likely one there already.
As an American, I find that quite amusing. I'd say it brings a smile to my face, but there's likely one there already.
My grandma (came to the US from the USSR during WW2) would always answer a little too honestly when we asked "how are you doing?" Sometimes she would say "Still walking" and sometimes she would talk about how the neighborhood is going downhill. I would laugh and say "you know in America we just say 'good'!"
Must be some interesting story there...
The joke isn't really Lisa mistaking a "gruff Slavic manner" for hostility, it's more the Slavic manner being actually hostile.