isk inchu voch Hayeren??

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Armenians who don't want to are not Armenians. Period..

interesting...

so what are they?

[Darorinag]

You know some of you guys sit here and say how so many people who have Armenian blood but are not Armenian b/c they have adapted to a new and different culture, have forgotten their native language, have married someone other than an Armenian,etc..you diss these people b/c they no longer accept their identity, but then you have those people who are proud of who they are and where they've come from, yet you still diss them b/c there might be one little thing that makes them different from other Armenians, for example they dont speak the language, or their half Armenian, or they were born in America...dont you think thats kind of hypocritical?

look I respect you guys on this forum, and if you want to speak Armenian, and have your own thread in Armenian, thats fine, but your acting like a complete ignorant person if your going to waste your time creating certain criterias that a person has to meet in order to be considered an Armenian.

Bla bla bla. Armenians speak Armenian. Period. Armenians also speak other languages. But that doesn't mean that Armenians shouldn't speak Armenian, or that it's not important. If you don't know Armenian, then too bad. If you're not making an effort to learn Armenian, you're not an Armenian. If you are making that effort, that's great. I consider you an Armenian.

And the excuse of being half-Armenian is BS. I'm half-Armenian. I know the language pretty well, I would say.

So bla bla bla. Go on with your "open-minded" propaganda. Armenians speak Armenian or want to. Armenians who don't want to are not Armenians. Period. Now thanks for ruining this thread. Idiots.

[Darorinag]

Feel free to reply in Armenian

No. But I think I will feel free to put your dumb highness on ignore.

[Anonymouse]

This is my personal opinion, Mouse. Look at this thread. A special thread to consciously make an effort to chat in a language that clearly none of you truly enjoy speaking if only because you're having a hard time expressing yourselves in it. What makes you less of an Armenian than an Armenian who doesn't need to make a conscious effort?

And now you display your wonderful psychic skills on telling us what we truly enjoy or not, by pointing to a thread that "none of us enjoy" and are "making an effort". Well, as you can see, since English characters are the norm, we usually "chat" in English, but what about making a conscious effort? SO what? No one ever said someone who doesn't speak Armenian is not Armenian, but then again, like I said, imagine if no one knew Armenian. What would be the point in calling someone Armenian? You clearly have a hang up with this which isn't healthy.

[nairi]

I never said that. I did say that if all Armenians didn't speak the language then what would be the point in calling someone Armenian? Indeed, there wouldn't be any need for "Armenians". I don't know what sort of witchcraft they teach at linguistics these days, but I don't buy any of it.

This is my personal opinion, Mouse. Look at this thread. A special thread to consciously make an effort to chat in a language that clearly none of you truly enjoy speaking if only because you're having a hard time expressing yourselves in it. What makes you less of an Armenian than an Armenian who doesn't need to make a conscious effort?

Now let's speak Armenian.

Feel free to reply in Armenian

[nairi]

Mersi Inna jan

[Inna]

You know some of you guys sit here and say how so many people who have Armenian blood but are not Armenian b/c they have adapted to a new and different culture, have forgotten their native language, have married someone other than an Armenian,etc..you diss these people b/c they no longer accept their identity, but then you have those people who are proud of who they are and where they've come from, yet you still diss them b/c there might be one little thing that makes them different from other Armenians, for example they dont speak the language, or their half Armenian, or they were born in America...dont you think thats kind of hypocritical?

look I respect you guys on this forum, and if you want to speak Armenian, and have your own thread in Armenian, thats fine, but your acting like a complete ignorant person if your going to waste your time creating certain criterias that a person has to meet in order to be considered an Armenian.

[Darorinag]

Isk inchu voch Hayeren??

Flames, Tom-uh garodtser eh kezi.


"Yes al hayeren guh khosim." - Tovmas gadou

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Isk inchu voch Hayeren??

[Anonymouse]

Mouse, are you saying that the hundreds of thousands of Armenians who do not speak Armenian (fluently), but who identify themselves as such and are born of Armenian descendents, are not Armenian?

I never said that. I did say that if all Armenians didn't speak the language then what would be the point in calling someone Armenian? Indeed, there wouldn't be any need for "Armenians". I don't know what sort of witchcraft they teach at linguistics these days, but I don't buy any of it.