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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

She still has a heavy ~~Russian~~ Slovenian accent/intonation despite many years living in America, and her voice is reminiscent of Natasha, one of the villains from Rocky and Bullwinkle who along with Boris were stereotypical Russian caricatures created for a cartoon that aired during the cold war.

[–] Jiral@lemmy.org 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Slovenian. Slovenia was not only never part of Russia, the Soviet Union but not even the East Block. It was part of Yugoslavia which was block free. It's a beautiful country, doing fairly well too and they got rid of Melania which is a plus.

Slovenian might be also the most distant Slavic language to Russian, it is Slavic though of course.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

You're right, my bad. I corrected my original post. Cheers.

[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Thanks, corrected the original post to reflect that.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I'm actually rather astonished that her accent is so heavy and her diction is so stilted, after living in the US for 30 years. It's as if she doesn't have to speak to anyone in English. She also seems to have trouble pronouncing words correctly, even when they are written for her.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

She has no friends

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For years, her and Barron spent most of their time with her parents, also illegal immigrants, and they all spoke Serbian. Word was that when Barron started school, he could barely speak English, and he spoke it with a Slavic accent.

[–] mattyroses@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago

They speak the Slavonian dialect of Serbo-Croatian.

[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hey? If you don’t have any friends or you don’t have anything to say, how do you get to know how to speak foreign language?

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I already speak English, French, German, Sesotho and Japanese. Do they count? I have also taught ESL and married a Japanese woman. I know something about accents and fluency.

[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’m sorry, I didn’t mean you. I meant that mail-order wife.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Ah, okay.

It probably doesn't help that the last person she wants to talk to is her husband.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ah, thank you, comrade! Now I understand infectious disease of American imperialist culture better, spasiba.