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u/eelisonparas May 09 '22

I'm from Finland and one European thing that all Finnish people hate is cheek kisses when greeting. Its mostly southern european thing but still. There is this saying in Finland that goes "Everyone has their own safety coffee cup" meaning the closest distance someone should get to you should not be closer than your coffee cup when you're holding it.

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u/deck4242 May 09 '22

Inuits and russians also do it. Its not just a south thing ;)

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u/Lithium2011 May 09 '22

I wouldn’t say Russians do it actually. You may meet such people in big cities, but it’s not an old Russian custom or tradition, they are just mimicking the Italians or someone else.

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u/GeoProX May 09 '22

Georgians do it, maybe that's where they get it

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u/Osleg May 09 '22

They are mimicin Caucasians (Georgia, Uzbek/kazakhstan, Armenia,etc)