Andre Agasi????

[Aghtamar]

Sorry for my english

I heard his Armenian....

Don't you think thats disrespectful to have your last name cut short like that just cuz it is "easily" pronounced?

I mean no disrespect, I had to reduce my last name too cause it was one of those ones that was too long and complicated to say, basically 1 out of 50 people could read it under a second without chokin' at some point...but I did leave the "ian" in the simplified version. Maybe its me, but I find it disrespectful when people cut their names short like that, specially if their famous like Andre Agasi(and Gwen Stefani?).

Are you sure that anybody's name or surname can make people armenian or patagonian or russian?
I'm not so sure.
I'm sure that Andre Agassi's vices was armenian, but I'm not so sure about him...because to be armenian is not only a name...
He doesn't want to belong to armenians...He is a player. He belongs to the game.

[IMCHR1S]

andre agassi is not armenian. his dad was an assyrian from iran, from the city of urmi(lake urmia). he is assyrian, or sometimes called ashurian. the name agassi is a famous assyrian last name, not persian or armenian. he says hes armenian, and actually sells out his own race because no one knows what an assyrian is. thats lame, but he does it. his dad is well known threw the assyrian community in los angeles, they even stop by rarely to our conventions. so sorry to burst ur bubble, but agassi is not an armenian name and wasnt cut off for any reason.

much love your assyrian cousin
chris

[Azgaser]

To be honest I don't even know who Andre Agasi is, i've only heard his name on this forum.

Hahahaha LOL Where do you live, in some cave in Afghanistan? No offense!

Chris: What the hell are you talking about? He's half-Armenian, half-Assyrian from Iran.

[HyeJinx1984]

Maybe I just don't follow tennis cause I have more important things to do?

In any case, Andre Agassi was featured in this month's Mosaix magazine along with other Armenian athletes. Regarding the match he won against Sargis Sargisian, known as the "Armenian Match," he was quoted as having said: "Well, I'm only half Armenian."

Now maybe it's just overly proudful nature, but any true armenian, half or not, wouldn't have gone out of their way to point out they are only half... to me that just means he thinks of himself as less than Armenian, and to me that makes him useless in the big picture. Then again i could also just be reading into it too much as I tend to do.

Oh and he's not half Assyrian, his mom's name is Betty and is American.

[!EEK]

WHo cares if Agassi is armenian or not... he isn't anymore worth it..he lost all his matches..not that I follow tennis everyday of every month but it's comon talk about agassi being an old, crippled tennis player

[Azgaser]

Tennis sucks. Period.

[Tres Bien]

he is half assyrian half armenian- father is armenian.

[HyeJinx1984]

he is half assyrian half armenian- father is armenian.

I reiterate: Oh and he's not half Assyrian, his mom's name is Betty and is American.

[!EEK]

Tennis sucks. Period.

Very clever.... Thats why I love the United States.

And please stop saying "this guy is armenian, this one is born in armenia, this one is half armenian,..." It's really having a bad armenian ego...and it's a bad reputation.

[Azgaser]

And please stop saying "this guy is armenian, this one is born in armenia, this one is half armenian,..." It's really having a bad armenian ego...and it's a bad reputation.

Huh???????????????????