Armen Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 I call it Armenian language-no more. style_images/master/snapback.png You are so wrong. What is Armenian language anyway. Isen't it a sythesis of some words from different tribes. Actually, the world would be better off wholesale if we would have only English. And we would not pay money to millions all those language teachers. Moreover, I think linguists are paid for nothing. They don't produce food or cloths, cars or sex. Who needs these people? What's their good anyway? This whole language affair is useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nané Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 You are so wrong. What is Armenian language anyway. Isen't it a sythesis of some words from different tribes. Actually, the world would be better off wholesale if we would have only English. And we would not pay money to millions all those language teachers. Moreover, I think linguists are paid for nothing. They don't produce food or cloths, cars or sex. Who needs these people? What's their good anyway? This whole language affair is useless. style_images/master/snapback.png OK. Hamozetsir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gellamelan Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 Actually, the world would be better off wholesale if we would have only English. And we would not pay money to millions all those language teachers. Moreover, I think linguists are paid for nothing. They don't produce food or cloths, cars or sex. Who needs these people? What's their good anyway? This whole language affair is useless. style_images/master/snapback.png Dkidoutian marmnatsoum! after reading that post, how do you want me to take for granted what you say from now on. or what you've said so far... really! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 Dkidoutian marmnatsoum! after reading that post, how do you want me to take for granted what you say from now on. or what you've said so far... really! style_images/master/snapback.png Take it is easy. I don't think that way. I was just making an illustrative point to Her Linguistic Majesty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iminhokis Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 (edited) When did the Beirutsis become such linguists. By now their Armenian is probably 25% Turkish, 25% Arabic, 25% French and English and maybe 25% Armenian. style_images/master/snapback.png I agree with most of what you said. But this is a typical - armenian- exaggeration . Edited August 9, 2005 by iminhokis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanetsi Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 (edited) (Armen @ Jan 11 2005, 08:54 PM) Actually, the world would be better off wholesale if we would have only English. And we would not pay money to millions all those language teachers. Moreover, I think linguists are paid for nothing. They don't produce food or cloths, cars or sex. Who needs these people? What's their good anyway? This whole language affair is useless. Let me be the first to say that that statement was as ridiculous as a Jew in a church. The world would be better if everyone spoke English? Brilliant. Who needs unique cultures whose identities have taken millenia to form? Why don't we just get rid of all the borders and make the world one big country!? Wouldn't the world be better off wholesale? Edited August 9, 2005 by Vanetsi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karakash Posted November 1, 2005 Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 This reminds me how we would mock our teachers making up such sentences as if they were saying: "Tso ankhelq apush kezi k@sem GOR vor Hayeren lezvi mej GOR goyutyun chuni. Ays hazarerord angam e vor kezi k@sem GOR, Hayeren lezvin mej GOR chka, k'uzes GOR vor norem @sem"? That sentence was DISTURBING lol @ tso That sounds like some of the Diasporan kids trying to speak Armenian to impress the Yerevantsis. What's wrong with Diasporan kids trying to speak Armenian to impress the Yerevantsis. At least they are trying. Most Armenians I know barely are able to speak it, so when they go to Armenia and struggle, I think that's a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karakash Posted November 1, 2005 Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 No offence to Lebanese Armenians but when I hear Lebanese Armenians (straight from Lebanon now living in Armenia) talking I want to just slap them. Aga this, aga that. It's ANNOYING. Like as it their spoiled attitudes aren't enough of a nuisance. Sorry guys if I've offended. I've got many Lebanese Armenians friends that don't talk that way, but the other extreme which I mentioned is BIG in numbers here in Armenia. The beirutsis I know around where I live are spoiled and snobby. They think they are better than all over Armenians. They make fun of halebtsis and baghdadtsis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gor-Gor Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 Halebtsis forever! It's so lame, because 60 years ago, all Beirutsis were Halebtsis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takoush Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 Halebtsis forever! It's so lame, because 60 years ago, all Beirutsis were Halebtsis. Gor: Although your girl is pretty, but she's moving so much she makes me dizzy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armjan Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 (edited) The beirutsis I know around where I live are spoiled and snobby. They think they are better than all over Armenians. They make fun of halebtsis and baghdadtsis. i've come across a lot of armenians that think they are better than other armenians and it aint just beirutsis. it's contagious Edited November 3, 2005 by armjan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gor-Gor Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Gor: Although your girl is pretty, but she's moving so much she makes me dizzy. Shad guh neres, Anahid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eloren Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Wow, what a thread! You want to make the "diasporan kids" feel bad because they were born, raised and learned a different culture from the one in Armenia? As if they had the choice in the first place when their families ran away from the genocide? I was born in Beirut, and i speak the "arevmedahayeren" because that's what i was thought. My family is originally from Aintab so obviously, we mixed cultures with turks and arabs (like armenians did with russians). And what is more important? A "diasporan kid" speaking a distorted (for some) armenian with "gor-ka-lan-ouleh-dzo etc.." but amazingly proud to be an armenian, fighting for his culture in a foreign land? Or a Hayastantsi speaking clean-perfect armenian not even knowing the true value of his homeland and only dreaming of running away and living the american way of life? No matter the dialect you are speaking, most important is you understand each other and continue struggling so that the armenian culture never fades. It makes me really sad when i go to armenia and they make me feel like i'm an odar instead of a Hay @Gor: Kylie just rocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gor-Gor Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Eloren: Yev verchabes meguh Kylie-in keghetsig temkuh janchtsav!! I agree with everything you said. I was born in the US, but my family is from Aleppo, and before that, Dikranagerd/Kharpert. Our Western Armenian cultures have had so many influences and hardships over the centuries, but we've remained Armenian and we will continue to struggle to remain Armenian. There'sno need to feel inferior or embarassed to use foreign words here and there; if anything, they stand as a testament to the fact that even though we have lived on foreign soils and under foreign rule, we still call ourselves Armenian first. On a more personal note, I have family in Dubai and Abu-Dhabi. Morakrochuhs zavagneren meg haduh Dubai g'abri, isg muisn al Abu-Dhabi nor pokhatrvetsav. Yergookn al dzakoomov Halebtsi en, anshooshd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eloren Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 (edited) Eloren: Yev verchabes meguh Kylie-in keghetsig temkuh janchtsav!! I agree with everything you said. I was born in the US, but my family is from Aleppo, and before that, Dikranagerd/Kharpert. Our Western Armenian cultures have had so many influences and hardships over the centuries, but we've remained Armenian and we will continue to struggle to remain Armenian. There'sno need to feel inferior or embarassed to use foreign words here and there; if anything, they stand as a testament to the fact that even though we have lived on foreign soils and under foreign rule, we still call ourselves Armenian first. On a more personal note, I have family in Dubai and Abu-Dhabi. Morakrochuhs zavagneren meg haduh Dubai g'abri, isg muisn al Abu-Dhabi nor pokhatrvetsav. Yergookn al dzakoomov Halebtsi en, anshooshd. Yep, the most important is to keep our culture alive, that's what counts. Nice you have some family in Abu Dhabi, i moght even know them (yhe armenian community is small here). As for Kylie.. Myan temke keghetsig thcheh,,, ayl amen inch Edited November 8, 2005 by Eloren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armjan Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Wow, what a thread! You want to make the "diasporan kids" feel bad because they were born, raised and learned a different culture from the one in Armenia? As if they had the choice in the first place when their families ran away from the genocide? I was born in Beirut, and i speak the "arevmedahayeren" because that's what i was thought. My family is originally from Aintab so obviously, we mixed cultures with turks and arabs (like armenians did with russians). And what is more important? A "diasporan kid" speaking a distorted (for some) armenian with "gor-ka-lan-ouleh-dzo etc.." but amazingly proud to be an armenian, fighting for his culture in a foreign land? Or a Hayastantsi speaking clean-perfect armenian not even knowing the true value of his homeland and only dreaming of running away and living the american way of life? No matter the dialect you are speaking, most important is you understand each other and continue struggling so that the armenian culture never fades. It makes me really sad when i go to armenia and they make me feel like i'm an odar instead of a Hay @Gor: Kylie just rocks , I agree, i think its very silly claiming to be somehow more pure type of armenian b/c of your place of birth or the circumstances in which that happened. but it's probably going to depend on who u ask, i think. but your right, the social hierarchy of armenians is prolly subjective and it isn't too far from something like this i image... 1. my type here 2. your type here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gor-Gor Posted November 14, 2005 Report Share Posted November 14, 2005 Yep, the most important is to keep our culture alive, that's what counts. Nice you have some family in Abu Dhabi, i moght even know them (yhe armenian community is small here). As for Kylie.. Myan temke keghetsig thcheh,,, ayl amen inch Azkaganneroos maganoonnern en Jekjekian yev Kelejian. Dzanot en? about Kylie! Im amenasiradz yerkchoohineres eh. My favorite album is probably Fever. But I must admit to liking her reeeeally old stuff too, like I Should Be So Lucky. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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