Things I've been told regularly since moving to NYC

[transemacabre]

1. What country are you from?

2. What's your ethnicity? Russian? Ukrainian? Polish? Czech?

3. Damn, with your body you could totally be a stripper! (This usually from young men who seem to genuinely think they're paying me a compliment)

Things I've said in reply:

1. Contrary to popular belief, you do not need a passport to visit Mississippi.

2. No, no, no, and no. I'm not any sort of Slav, unless my mother has been lying to me. D:

3. .... (stony silence)

Comments

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

People sometimes get muddled about my ethnicity (I'm quite dark, with dyed red hair). In Tbilisi, I was asked if I was Georgian. I've also been taken for Jewish.

[red_confession.livejournal.com]

As a native NYer... I'm sorry. People are idiots.

[kirke-novak.livejournal.com]

In a shocking twist, people never guess I'm from Poland. I have been thought to be from: France, USA, Holland and Spain. Spain.
In all fairness though, my accent is all over the place.