Having a non-traditional last name is good sometimes.

[Emil]

Tonight at the hospital we were reviewing for our exam. In the group of students there are 2 Armenian women. I'll call them Anoush #1 and Anoush #2. So I was sitting there praying to the gods that the review would end. Anoush #2 says to Anoush #1, in Armenian, "His name is Emil" Anoush # 1 says "I know, he's Armenian" Anoush #2 says "I don't think he is, ask him" Anoush #1 says "I'm telling you he is" Anoush #2 says "His last name isn't Armenian, I don't think he is." At this point I replied to Anoush #2 in Armenian and the look on her face was priceless. :laugh: :p

[HyeJinx1984]

I'm surprised they didn't think you were xxxish. I only know 1 Armenian Emil (well, 2 couting you) but at least 5 or 6 xxxish ones.

[HyeJinx1984]

Not looking Armenian has given me strange experiences, such as people putting down Armenians quite explicitly right in front of me and such. Personally, I don't get the whole "not looking Armenian" thing... *points to avatar* I don't see how I could be anything else.

[spiral]

Yeah, you do look Armenian.

[HyeJinx1984]

tell the mexicans. Actually, xxxx it, tell other Armenians.

[TigranJamharian]

Ah, that reminds me, i got on the metro the other day and its pretty packed and i see 2 Armenian women "nstac bambasum" and mind you htis isnt LA so its not a daily occurance, and i realized they kept looking at me and im thinking do i know them or something, because NY Armenian community is pretty tight knit. But then they just talked about how somebody hung their underwear out or some stupid xxxx like that and cursing this woman and that woman, and i didnt know if i should have told them i was Armenian, if it was the right thing to do or would just have made the rest of the train ride awkward.

[Anonymouse]

Haha what a bunch of idiots. Thanks for the laff Emil.

[chille]

i think its cool to make people confused sometime. like when people meet me back in russia they look at me and they think that i am either armenian, greek or georgian. then they hear my name and the way i speak and they get confused cuz my name is russian and i speak russian with no accent at all.

[ckBejug]

My brother once let two Armenian girls talk about him in Armenian (oooh, he's cute, ooh this, ooooh that) in the elevator for 24 floors of his building, until he got off before them on the 25th floor, bowed slightly and said 'Pari or aghchigner'. Ahahahahahah. I WISH I could have seen their faces. Priceless.

I have an Armenian enough last name, although it's without the ian, and people can't figure out I'm Armenian anyway. I don't look Armenian so I've also had those situations where people talk around me and don't think I understand. It's quite entertaining, actually. I was in a class at Valley college once, a long time ago, and the professor put me in with this group of Armenians. They were telling jokes, etc and one guy said something funny (in Armenian) and I laughed along... They're like 'ara es jermage inchi a khentoom' so I said 'ara es jermage hay eh'. lol. retards!

[CatWoman]

I was in a class at Valley college once, a long time ago, and the professor put me in with this group of Armenians. They were telling jokes, etc and one guy said something funny (in Armenian) and I laughed along... They're like 'ara es jermage inchi a khentoom' so I said 'ara es jermage hay eh'. lol. retards!

LMAO, OMG that's too efing funny :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Siggie]

I don't think that's ever happened to me. I can only recall one Armenian not thinking I was Armenian. I've had plenty of non-Armenians think I'm not though.

It's also fun if you speak another language and people you can't. I can understand spanish fairly well and I've heard some strange conversations. I don't say anything though, better to let them assume you can't understand. Even though I'm sure the look is priceless, it's more informative to play dumb and let them keep talking.

[Emil]

whatsup with the socialist logo?

but yeah I agree with you on that and I have an addition.
having non-traditional armo looks is good sometimes.
LUVIN IT!
and I've been in a lot of situations where I've heard people talk about me... I guess I'm not as nice as you are. I never tell em I understand them lol

I have become a communist, that's what's up with it.
:p

As far as never telling, that's what I do 90% of the time. Last night I just said it so I could get to see that :eek: look on her face, it was great. When I go to the Armenian grocery store they never speak to me in Armenian. It's weird, I go up to the cashier and you can tell she's trying to determine if you're Armenian or not. But alas, she always says the total in English. :crying:

[XxgoeyxX]

oohh I have the Armenian look. Everywhere I go other Armenians can tell. Everyone says I have the Armenian look. The eyes, the nose, the hair, lips all that stuff. (I like to thank my parents for that!) But other races cant tell if I'm Armenian. One time this guy told me if I were xxxish. I said no and he said damn and I thought I found my future wife. hehe..I blushed.

[Genuine_Stud]

oohh I have the Armenian look. Everywhere I go other Armenians can tell. Everyone says I have the Armenian look. The eyes, the nose, the hair, lips all that stuff. (I like to thank my parents for that!) But other races cant tell if I'm Armenian. One time this guy told me if I were xxxish. I said no and he said damn and I thought I found my future wife. hehe..I blushed.

Lucky you, I hate it when odars can't tell I'm Armenian.

I always get either Italian or Greek. Recently, I've just given up and have ended up nodding my head with a yes.

I hate having to give them a speech about Armenia and where were from.... it gets annoying after a while.

[xBaron Dants]

Lucky you, I hate it when odars can't tell I'm Armenian.

I always get either Italian or Greek. Recently, I've just given up and have ended up nodding my head with a yes.

I hate having to give them a speech about Armenia and where were from.... it gets annoying after a while.

I'm tired of looking Russian. :crying:

[HyeJinx1984]

I'm tired of looking Korean

[HyePrincess]

oh yea once me and my cousin were at century theater to see passion of christ with our mom's and the whole row behind us were a group of armenian freinds and my cousin stand up two times to see if our parents were coming yet (the movie hasent begun yet) they didnt no we were armenian and they started to say in armenian god how many times does she have to stand up and sit down when my cuz was a bout to say something i shut her up. so then like 5 minutes later my mom and aunt came and both of us loudly said mom were here in armenian they got shocked :eek: but then one of the freinds said its okay we didnt say anything bad and we were laughing so badly :D

once we were at the store and my cousins daughter looks like she's a american cause she has blond hair and blue eyes and the armenians were all saying in (armeinan) i am pretty sure she got married to an american like if we could'nt hear that then my cousins daughter turned around and said apushner yes hay em we started to laugh so much and again they got shocked :eek: :eek:


well some can tell i am armenian and some cant

[MadHandle]

yeah..I'd say I look like the typical Armenian, but like someone else said I'm tired of givin a history lecture everytime I mention I'm Armenian. The answers I get are now mandetory. I tell them I'm Armenian, their response is Albanian?, Romanian, etc...Then they need to know where its located...so they say "I'm pretty sure its in Russia or Europe, right?" Then I explain that its near Iran and Iraq...

I see Armenians here and there, in the mall etc...I don't really approach them though. Oh yea one day I was at a burger king and this old man behind me for some reason looked really Armenian and this other girl right beside him too. I kinda wanted to say somethin, but didn't wanna look like a retard if they for some reason were not Armenian, I mean I didn't have any other Armenians around me that I could talk to.

Oh and one other thing, I got a lot of arabic freinds and evertime they talk I can pick up maybe 5 or so perncet of what they say just from all the Eastern Armenian slang I grew up with. Things like suger, spit, pocket, pants, etc... are all the same.

[HyeJinx1984]

Hmm.. one time I was in a class on April 24th when there weren't any other Armenians around and the whole class including the teacher spent the whole day making fun of and putting down Armenians. That was fun.

[XxgoeyxX]

Omg I would have cried. That is the saddest thing. What did they say? Did you at least say anything? I am guessing this was during High School and knowing you went to Grant I am not suprised!

[HyeJinx1984]

Omg I would have cried. That is the saddest thing. What did they say? Did you at least say anything? I am guessing this was during High School and knowing you went to Grant I am not suprised!

Yea, I wrote up a whole post about it a while ago, if you can, search for it, I don't wanna write that long ass thing all over again.

[hyebruin]

oh yea once me and my cousin were at century theater to see passion of christ with our mom's and the whole row behind us were a group of armenian freinds and my cousin stand up two times to see if our parents were coming yet (the movie hasent begun yet) they didnt no we were armenian and they started to say in armenian god how many times does she have to stand up and sit down when my cuz was a bout to say something i shut her up. so then like 5 minutes later my mom and aunt came and both of us loudly said mom were here in armenian they got shocked :eek: but then one of the freinds said its okay we didnt say anything bad and we were laughing so badly :D

once we were at the store and my cousins daughter looks like she's a american cause she has blond hair and blue eyes and the armenians were all saying in (armeinan) i am pretty sure she got married to an american like if we could'nt hear that then my cousins daughter turned around and said apushner yes hay em we started to laugh so much and again they got shocked :eek: :eek:


well some can tell i am armenian and some cant

that reminds me of a story! :p my mom was shopping in an armenian market in glenhell :rolleyes: (j/k i love that darn city :o ) a few years back when she heard this little asian kid say in armenian " daddy, i want candy" so ....naturally my mom was shocked and looked at the kid and looked around to see a parent, and in the meantime the kid's dad was lafffin his a$$ off and told my mom "i have seen that look so many times" :laugh: haha! that is funny huh? to hear an asian or a black kid speak armenian like a native! it's also interesting to hear a european armenian speak the language with an 'odar accent'....that's an experience too! :)

[HyeJinx1984]

that reminds me of a story! :p my mom was shopping in an armenian market in glenhell :rolleyes: (j/k i love that darn city :o ) a few years back when she heard this little asian kid say in armenian " daddy, i want candy" so ....naturally my mom was shocked and looked at the kid and looked around to see a parent, and in the meantime the kid's dad was lafffin his a$$ off and told my mom "i have seen that look so many times" :laugh: haha! that is funny huh? to hear an asian or a black kid speak armenian like a native! it's also interesting to hear a european armenian speak the language with an 'odar accent'....that's an experience too! :)

People say I sound like a Surfer trying to talk Armenian.

[Genuine_Stud]

*with a total sarcasm*
"oh yeah... I hate this... I look italian... uffff I hate it... but I'm braggin about it in an armo forum... but I seriously hate it when people think I'm italian"
:rolleyes:

khyar

*Grabs the khyar from her hand*

That's a good tasting khyar. :D

Gaucho... haha :wave: :p

[Genuine_Stud]

like someone else said I'm tired of givin a history lecture everytime I mention I'm Armenian. The answers I get are now mandetory. I tell them I'm Armenian, their response is Albanian?, Romanian, etc...Then they need to know where its located...so they say "I'm pretty sure its in Russia or Europe, right?" Then I explain that its near Iran and Iraq...


Gaucho.....there's a thing or two you can learn about my frustration.

I'm fine with the normal assumption of me being either Italian or Greek from odars. I never said I hated it.

It's the fact that I need to keep explaining to odars what Armenian is.... I don't mind.......but it gets annoying after several times.

So to keep things short I just say yes to their assumption and move on.

Plain and simple.

BTW... you still have those great tasting khyars? :D

[Genuine_Stud]

that reminds me of a story! :p my mom was shopping in an armenian market in glenhell :rolleyes: (j/k i love that darn city :o ) a few years back when she heard this little asian kid say in armenian " daddy, i want candy" so ....naturally my mom was shocked and looked at the kid and looked around to see a parent, and in the meantime the kid's dad was lafffin his a$$ off and told my mom "i have seen that look so many times" :laugh: haha! that is funny huh? to hear an asian or a black kid speak armenian like a native! it's also interesting to hear a european armenian speak the language with an 'odar accent'....that's an experience too! :)

I have a cousin who's black and can read, write, and speak Armenian really well.

It's cool to actually hear her speak it. :D

[HyeJinx1984]

Thanks a lot, now I'm craving Khyar... brb.

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Ok back *chops down* Hmm.. needs more salt. Anyway... I share you pain, it gets annoying to explain what an Armenian is. My favorite question is "Oh, you're Armenian.. where do Armenians come from?" ...Ugh... Armenia... "Oh really, what language do Armenians speak?" ...Ugh... Armenian...

What? Do they want me to say "Oh, Armenians come from Zimbawe and speaking French"??