Last week, I went to this Arabic restaurant, and as I was talking to the owner dude, he asked me where I was from. I told him New York (yea im a VERY nationalistic New Yorker, lol). But anyways, I told him that my parents are from Pakistan, and then I asked him where he's from (assuming he's gonna mention some Gulf/Meditteranean Arab nation), but he's like, (and I'm not joking), "I'm from Eye-Ran".
That very moment, I was thinking, "damn...wait till my ISP buddies hear this".
That very moment, I was thinking, "damn...wait till my ISP buddies hear this".
LOOL@Funnhe!!! hehe,damn!!
Its not about girls saying Persian,guys Iranian. It totally depends where u live.
I dont know about others but I cant imagine our nationality and the name of our country(Iran) being confused with Iraq,Yemen and Bahrain.
Most of the times u r in a situation that u dont have time to argue with the ignorant person where exactly Iran is located or that why its called "Iran" not "Eye- ran".
Its not about girls saying Persian,guys Iranian. It totally depends where u live.
I dont know about others but I cant imagine our nationality and the name of our country(Iran) being confused with Iraq,Yemen and Bahrain.
Most of the times u r in a situation that u dont have time to argue with the ignorant person where exactly Iran is located or that why its called "Iran" not "Eye- ran".
Ha, I guess I'm the only one who says both. I say, 'I'm Persian, I'm from Iran.'
See what I did there? This links everything Persian they might know about to Iran, including our history, differentiates modern Iran from Arabic countries, shows I'm proud to be from Iran, and invites questions if they thought Persia perished long ago so I can educate them. I also usually say Iranian Empire instead of Persian, because since we forced everyone to call us by a new name to them, we need to reclaim our history and objects. There will never be an "iranian cat" though. Personally, I think Reza Shah was stupid to change the external name of our country.. Persia had 2500 years of advertising behind it, and our country is treated differently cuz of the change. Think of these, does Hellas, Deutchland, Bharat, or Sino evoke everything you know about/from these big civilizations and their extensive history? I'd support a referrendom, but not at the cost of unity..only if our Kurds and Azeri's wanted it too.
I always say Persian for language and it really bugs me when Farsi is used. For the sake of unity, we should all say Persian, because we are not the only country who speaks it. Afghanistan, Tajikestan, and parts of Uzbekistan speak it too.. Why must we be the only major tongue with 3 different names? Plus, it's leading to a lot of confusion with even well educated people thinking Farsi is not the language of our poets like Rumi cuz everyone knows he wrote in Persian! I even just saw a Google ad on this site, "Farsi Sale - New and used Farsi. Check out the sales now!" Which lead to this page http://search.ebay.com/farsi_W0QQfkrZ1QQfnuZ1QQfromZR8 where I see things like Farsi art and Farsi jewelry.
And! Damn, my fingers are getting tired. I always say Iranian-American, and talk a lot about Iranians.. and I mean ALL Iranians, not just the modern variety. We are only one branch of an enormous Iranian group of people. Iranians include Medes (Kurds), Persians, Parthian/Scythian, and Sarmatians, and more.. People of Iran know extremely little about the broader Iranian ethnic identity, which is a pity, but will probably slowly change as Europeans research more of their Iranian mixture of their origins.
...Roodabeh
See what I did there?
This links everything Persian they might know about to Iran, including our history, differentiates modern Iran from Arabic countries, shows I'm proud to be from Iran, and invites questions if they thought Persia perished long ago so I can educate them. I also usually say Iranian Empire instead of Persian, because since we forced everyone to call us by a new name to them, we need to reclaim our history and objects. There will never be an "iranian cat" though. Personally, I think Reza Shah was stupid to change the external name of our country.. Persia had 2500 years of advertising behind it, and our country is treated differently cuz of the change. Think of these, does Hellas, Deutchland, Bharat, or Sino evoke everything you know about/from these big civilizations and their extensive history? I'd support a referrendom, but not at the cost of unity..only if our Kurds and Azeri's wanted it too.I always say Persian for language and it really bugs me when Farsi is used. For the sake of unity, we should all say Persian, because we are not the only country who speaks it. Afghanistan, Tajikestan, and parts of Uzbekistan speak it too.. Why must we be the only major tongue with 3 different names? Plus, it's leading to a lot of confusion with even well educated people thinking Farsi is not the language of our poets like Rumi cuz everyone knows he wrote in Persian! I even just saw a Google ad on this site, "Farsi Sale - New and used Farsi. Check out the sales now!" Which lead to this page http://search.ebay.com/farsi_W0QQfkrZ1QQfnuZ1QQfromZR8 where I see things like Farsi art and Farsi jewelry.
And! Damn, my fingers are getting tired. I always say Iranian-American, and talk a lot about Iranians.. and I mean ALL Iranians, not just the modern variety. We are only one branch of an enormous Iranian group of people. Iranians include Medes (Kurds), Persians, Parthian/Scythian, and Sarmatians, and more.. People of Iran know extremely little about the broader Iranian ethnic identity, which is a pity, but will probably slowly change as Europeans research more of their Iranian mixture of their origins.
...Roodabeh
Usullay my conversation with americans go like this :
WHERE R U FROM?
me: im from PARASGADA
WHERE IS PASARGADA
me:its in PERSIA
WHERE IS PERSIA
me:its in IRAN
WHERE IS IRAN
me:its in ASIA
WHERE IS ASIA
me:its near to EUROPE
WHERE IS EUROPE????????????
me: not faraway from USA
OHHH I SEE YOU ARE FROM MEXICO
me : IN farsy (KHAR BOOD FAHMIDAHE BOOD ****************)
SORRY CANT SPEAK SPANISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHERE R U FROM?
me: im from PARASGADA
WHERE IS PASARGADA
me:its in PERSIA
WHERE IS PERSIA
me:its in IRAN
WHERE IS IRAN
me:its in ASIA
WHERE IS ASIA
me:its near to EUROPE
WHERE IS EUROPE????????????
me: not faraway from USA
OHHH I SEE YOU ARE FROM MEXICO
me : IN farsy (KHAR BOOD FAHMIDAHE BOOD ****************)
SORRY CANT SPEAK SPANISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!