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[–]hermiona52 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

It's good to hear that there's at least one person who likes Eastern European accent haha. I always feel self-conscious about it when speaking with foreigners, especially from Western countries. Like it's something bad, you know? Even in schools we were supposed to speak with British accent but when I tried to do it I always thought it sounded so fake and stopped trying.

As for being blunt and straightforward I honestly wouldn't risk such generalization for Polish women. There's probably an equal number of more polite women to those blunt ones, so I guess there's nothing in Polish culture that reinforces either of those traits.

Edit: oh and for me... gosh, that Australian accent. There's a reason I have a never ending crush on Courtney Barnett.

[–]yousaythosethings 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I guess it’s true that the Polish women I know don’t tend to have the cutting bluntness I associate especially with Russians/Eastern Slavs.

Anyway, I think most Americans would probably find your accent hot. Especially if it includes some nice Slavic rolled Rs.

[–]yousaythosethings 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

As a Polish girl who is into Australian accents, how do you feel about Yvonne Strahovksi?

[–]hermiona52 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Miranda Lawson is such a babe... and I watched 2 seasons of Handmaid's Tale and I've never felt more conflicted about a tv show character ;)

[–]begonia_skies 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Agreed, I lived in Poland for a while and I did not feel the forceful coldness I tend to get in Germany, lol. I loved Poland, I was pretty surprised how deeply Catholic the country is and traditional, if that makes any sense. It seemed very, "the man is the head of the house" vibe to me, but you can correct me if that inference is incorrect. And I love an eastern european accent (obviously, given my dating history, haha).

[–]hermiona52 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Oh I can certainly confirm that Poland is traditional and Catholic... so as an atheist, lesbian and feminist I completely detest this side of Poland and Poles.

So... an anegdote. When I was a kid I always argued with my mother why I had to help her clean the house while my brother was playing video games and she said "because cleaning is for the girls". This is actually a good memory, because a feminist was born inside me that day ;)

[–]xv_xx 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

My gf is Lithuanian, her accent is like sweet honey to my ears, I just love it. Then again, I think Lithuanian is from a different language family to other Eastern European languages, so maybe that is why?

[–]hermiona52 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I sadly never met any person from Lithuania, so I have no idea how that accent sounds (I'll check it out today on YouTube) but it wouldn't be surprising. Poles and Russians (I think Belarusians and Ukrainians too - even though I work with them I can't take them apart from Russians) are often mixed together by accent and it apparently sounds very harsh, especially with our hard 'R'. And that 'th' sound... gosh. I'll never not feel stupid saying words like 'although', 'thought', 'think' and so on.