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.

[HyeJinx1984]

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

[TJ]

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