hye 4 life? or just wen ur bak home?

[slickesthye]

i get that all the time.

american: whats a armenian? did u make that up?
me: no. why the hell would i do that?
amercian: no seriously where r u from?
me: armenia, do i have to show u a map?
american: u know its mean to lie to people
me: *walking away*

hahahahhahh....now thats funny...the english aint that bad...they're jus not so bothered...they jus refer to me as the european/asian girl who comes from sumwhere beginning wid A...but i find it more offensive that they dont know about the genocide...i mean they know about Hitler..hu doesnt...rememba HE was the one who said that "famous" quote about no1 rembering the Armenian genocide so hu wud remember the killings of the Jews...

[slickesthye]

I know exactly how you feel.

American: "So what nationality (they mean ethnicity!) are you??"
Me: "I'm Armenian"
American: "Oh Romanian"
Me: "..Armenian"
American: "Oh Albanian"
Me: "...no..Armenian?"
American: "Where's that??"
Me: lecture about Armenia
American: "wow...cool"
Me: *sigh*

Welcome to the forum!

lol....hey thanx....yep i heard it all before....even if they finally get that im an armenian they still call me sumthing else....

[kkashian]

Despite the fact that I come from the thrid biggest city in Wisconsin, there was still only three Armenians (including me) at my high school. I was aslo raised to be Catholic by my Irish mother, so I really don't know much about how others see us (I mean, those who actually know what an Armenian is). Can someone please explain what the stereo types are, and where they come from?

P.S. my father died when I wa a little girl, so my connection to the Armenian world was pretty much destoryed. I'm trying to make up for lost time or whatever.

[hyerebel]

There are lots of Armenian's here in LA. If you live in Glendale you'll feel like you are living in Hyastan! I love that and am very proud to be a hye! We are all mixed here, Armenians from Iran, from Armenia, from Lebanon, Turkey, Russia, Armenians born here! It’s a good mix and we get to learn a lot from each other, different Armenian language, different foods etc... !

[Sip]

Despite the fact that I come from the thrid biggest city in Wisconsin...

Green Bay? But that's not really "lower" WI

[kkashian]

Green Bay isn't the thrid biggest city, Racine is.

[cuddles20035]

It's really bad at my school. There are only 4 Armenians including me and well it gets annoying after a while when you have to keep explaining where Armenia is and its Armenian not Albanian or whatever else they call it.

I was the only Armenian in my school and it was so rough explaining the Armenian peoples story i even had a teacher tell me that i couldn't do a report on armenia because there wasn't enough resources in the schools library.

[A_A]

My friends now know that I come from Armenia and not Romenia or Albania. It took me 3 years to teach them

[ddd]

girl at party: what nationality are you?
me: armenian
girl: wow I know a couple of armenians, what car do you drive?
me: .....huh?
girl: do you own your own business?
me: .......

[Siamanto]

I know what an Armenian is.

I have spend all my life looking for you, the prophet, the one who knows what an Armenian is?
So what is an Armenian?


PS. It probably depends on where you live. Even in the US, I have seldom met Americans who have never known Armenians!