Russia - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Anna King

Author:Anna King [King, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kuperard
Published: 2010-09-14T00:00:00+00:00

DISTANCE AND VOLUME

In Russia people get closer to you very quickly. Literally. Personal distances are closer, be it in public transportation, standing in line, or in daily communication. The volume increases too. “I never realized you could shout at people so much,” commented a bewildered English husband, when he heard his Russian wife speaking to her relatives in Russian.

If you can get used to the louder speech and closer proximity of your interlocutor, combined with patting your shoulder, leaning over to your ear, or getting even closer, to share with you a special secret about stones in the gall bladder or details of love life in the first ten minutes of a new friendship, you will have plenty of topics to discuss later. And even more to avoid.

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