Socio-racial survey for Armenian members

[Hayq]

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

Heard it, funny character that Bush chap is.

[CDN.Martin]

"There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again."
— George W. Bush

LOL! Good stuff man.

[leana]

hey dikran who said that there were no arminians in ME before the genocide.it's true that i'm the third or 4th generation here after the genocide but u can see in old histories that there were armenians be4 d holocaust in syria..

So you don't know what and who you are?
Most of us are European, hence we look European. Those that don't are obviously not Armenian or mixed.

Only the descendants of the survivors of the Armenian Holocaust have parents from ME. Before the Holocaust there were hardly any Armenians in ME.

[Che_Ka]

No, there was quite a large Armenian community in Syria generations before the Genocide, and I am a descendant of that community.

My paternal grandmother's family had been in Aleppo, Syria for at least 3 generations before she was born (she can only account for 3 generations, who knows how far back it actually goes). Much of the community was Arabic-speaking by the time the new arrivals came from the Genocide. My grandmother didn't know a word of Armenian, but she still considered herself an Armenian.

Case in point: Soorp Karasoon Mangats church in the old city of Aleppo. It was built in the 13th or 14th century. And it's still used today. If you go, you'll notice that the gravestones of the clergymen who were buried there before the Genocide are all in Arabic, but they had Armenian names.

When the Genocide survivors came, the local Arab population had to differentiate between the two populations. They called the old Armenians "Arman Adami" (Old Armenian) - and it's still used today. It's quite interesting.

[Hayq]

Ah we have a beirutsi. Nice to have your POV.

[Che_Ka]

Not Beirutsi. Halebtsi, Halebtsi!! lol

Doesn't matter anyway: I prefer the all-encompassing Arevmdahay.

Or plain old hay.

[!EEK]

Not Beirutsi. Halebtsi, Halebtsi!! lol

Doesn't matter anyway: I prefer the all-encompassing Arevmdahay.

Or plain old hay.

So here's a question,

do you know what sarma yev leghmajoon are?

my two favourite armo food with gilli gilli

[Che_Ka]

Anshooshd kidem sarman yev lahmajunuh.

Payts gardzem te "sarma" anoonuh darper yergirnere hayerou hamar, darper nshaganootyoon ooni. Indzi hamar, sarman khaghoghi derevov patvadz mis yev prints eh. Oorishnerou hamar, im patsadradzs "dolma" eh, isg oorishnerou hamar "yalanji."

Okay, but what in the world is gilli gilli??? lol

Im amenasirsdz jashs "madzoonov kuifta"n eh. (mer undanikuh guh kordzadze arapagan anoonuh, kbe labaniyeh) -- have you heard of it?

[!EEK]

Anshooshd kidem sarman yev lahmajunuh.

Payts gardzem te "sarma" anoonuh darper yergirnere hayerou hamar, darper nshaganootyoon ooni. Indzi hamar, sarman khaghoghi derevov patvadz mis yev prints eh. Oorishnerou hamar, im patsadradzs "dolma" eh, isg oorishnerou hamar "yalanji."

Okay, but what in the world is gilli gilli??? lol

Im amenasirsdz jashs "madzoonov kuifta"n eh. (mer undanikuh guh kordzadze arapagan anoonuh, kbe labaniyeh) -- have you heard of it?

Babas beirutahye e..

Sarma nuine ne mezi hamar :khaghoghi derevov patvadz mis yev prints eh

Dolma al kindem, paits chem sirere dolma....Sarma amenen hamove en e

Gilli gilli is then a name my aunt made up lol.... I don't know how to explain it. It's a sort of soup with meat balls. There a lot of lemon in it and there is a variant where you add mazoon.


Medz mamas keufte al g'ene. Paits yess madzoon chem tener veran..chem sirrer mazoon+oorish geragoor


FUnny how I speak armenian when someone else does that

It so hard for me because I'm french speaking and the pronunciation is different... my "oun" is your "oon" , my "relog" is your "ghelok"

[Che_Ka]

Oooohhh, dolma's my favorite from the 3!

Okay, I thiiink I might know what gilli gilli is - does it use chicken broth? lol

Yete babat beirutahye e, mamat inch e?

Sorry about the pronunciation problems -- I never thought of it that way. You poor Europeans, always getting the short end of the stick. And now Turkey wants to join your Union...