Friday, April 27, 2007

Another Sign That You Are Armenian

Finding yourself in the middle of a "Recognition of Armenian Genocide" rally on a visit to London. Now this counts as a sign if, like me, you have a last name that ends in 'ian', you have been asked by classmates if you talk to your parents in Armenian or English, you have had people call you at work and ask you if you are Armenian, you receive emails from your school's Armenian association, you receive emails from your school's Armenian alumni association, you receive mailings inviting you to expensive Armenian fundraising events, and you have brown or black hair. My assertion that my last name is German just doesn't seem to have much gravitas against this growing body of (circumstantial) evidence.

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