you know you are kurdish when..

[talsor]

-you get mistaken for every nationality on earth ,except kurdish.

-you know more about world politics by the age of 12 than most CNN anchors ,this is why non of us actually studies political science .

- you get along fine with turks ,arabs,iranian ,but you swear that you hate their fucking guts for what they did to your people .

-you really do hate turkey more than any one in the world ( we are in competition with Greeks in this matter).

-you speak fluently about 3 languages ,and if needed you could claim and pass for about 3 different nationalities .

-you could be political refuge in most of the civilized world .

when you became a refugee you told your lawyer what and how to argue your case
and when it all fails and you actually going to be deported ,you don't .

-you are so proud of being kurdish but so tired of having to teach people about the world .

-your parents are on a non-stop crusade to fined you a nice husband/wife from the home land.

-you have first cousins in about 10 different countries ,spread over 3 continent ,

-every younger kurd respects you and fears you ,despite him being the most notorious gangster in the city , and you only flip burgers in some kurdish pizza shop .

-half the people you know are restaurant owners ,non of which are kurdish restaurant .

-once you realize that your sister is a hot babe ,you buy a gun .

-your dad collects your pay check until you get married

-your dad bought you a house back in the country ,so you get married there , even though you never going back.

-your mom is worried when you date a non-kurdish person for more that 6 months ,

-you never back off ,even if you are really scared

-you cry when you listen to Sivan Perwer singing Halapca

-you can eat onions,tomato,green peppers just like apples

-your parents yell really loud during long distance calls

-you have a staring problem ( personally i think its more like a hobby )

-your parents ask for tea every hour of the day

-u have at least one carpet hanging on your wall at home..

-When u hear music, u cant help but shake ur shoulders...

-you believe tea is your Tylenol

-your parents see slippers not as a foot wear but as a disciplinary tool for you .

-you take 8 luggage's over seas and 7 of which are for gifts.

-every one that lives or lived or some how is connected to the 25 miles radius surrounding your home town is magically related to you , if not then he will be very soon .

-when our parents classify everything from tobacco to wine all the way to crack under one label DRUGS.

-you are reminded ALL the time that your parents left their family ,home and beloved mountains to this( cold shitty country ..in some cases) for you to be a doctor or a lawyer ,and if you fuck it up :you are no longer my son/daughter anymore ,and i don't want to ever to see you

-You are a master of creating new words such as : Cowboy (jeans) Nestela (Chocolate) and Sbleeeet (A/C)

-no matter how good your doing ,your parents put u down and compare u with themselves claiming they were like hercules at your age .

-u have a year's supply of pistachios, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, olives, jaji, and chai.

-you have relatives back home sending you "tearose" perfume

-you've been beat in the ass with a slipper, wooden spoon, or a broom

-your mother constantly threatens you with "just wait til your dad comes home to beat ur ass"

-your first cousin is married to your second cousin

-you can't get married until your older brother/sister has gotten married first, then it's your turn

-when your mother and aunts pick grape leaves from a random park

-you've been given instructions on how to properly answer social services and not rat out ur parents for beating you, if they ever come to your house

-you're finally given the "sex talk" from an elder on ur wedding night, before you do the deed

-you're a girl whose had proposals from men you've never met

-you've been to more weddings than you can count

-you have an uncle or aunt who is the same age, or younger than you

-your constantly told by ur parents to turn off the water or lights, so the energy bill isnt so high

-you're a girl and their is company over, you're treated like a waitress

-Your dad swears at you with words that affect himself

-You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house

-You say bye 17 times on the phone

-*when you give up on romance and find yourself in a plain with a one-way ticket to kurdistan to find your wife / husband in 30 days

-you notice your dad and mom doing back flips after you finaly agreed to the arranged marriage .

-every time a cop car is in sight your dad practices his speach while your mom is yelling at you and your siblings to put your seatbelt on.

-ur dad calls u "ker kure ker" everytime u make a mistake

-your 30 and already thinking about retirement

- you have an illegal satellite and signal just so your parents can watch kurdsat

-Your parents enjoy comparing you to their friends' kids

-No matter if you have a couch or a bed; you still like to sit and/or sleep on the floor

-you call Pepsi " BEBSI"

-it takes an hour to say hello how are u..only for the caller to find out that the person they want to speak to is not in and takes him forever to put the phone down

[Saipul]

[Kulka]

i know i am kurdish when i see whats going on in Slemanyi and my heart is broken. Kurdish people shouldnt behave like arabs and destroy their own city with stones, there are other ways to solve the problems. i am really not happy with that...

[Sus]

I share this comments with some kurd friends... and they think same as me.... so funny!


Regards

Sus

[thearabchildren]

Almost all of these are true, although of course only Iraqi and Syrian Kurds call pepsi "bebsi", because there's no "p" in Arabic (All Arabs do this too, and I have started doing it too because I think it's so cute, but NO Turkish Kurds or even Arabs seem to do it, and they always ask me why I'm doing it), but I wanted to point out my favourite one because of a personal experience:

-when our parents classify everything from tobacco to wine all the way to crack under one label DRUGS.

Ez, meta jina min û diya jina min di mal de bûn. Ez sodayeke lîmon ji dolav girtim, û met... ah! Here in the present tense they say something like "dije"... does anyone recognise that verb? Anyway the met says "Na! Ew dermane! O ilaç! İlaç! İçme!" And I said "Met, bu ilaç değil, limonlu sodadır." And she laughed a relieved laugh, but then I realised she thought alcohol was "derman/ilaç" As if I wouldn't drink alcohol... Well not in front of her I guess.

Which for some reason reminds me of Hiner Saleem. Has anyone else here seen his films?

[Kulka]

iraqi Kurds, turkish Kurds.... - sad. i wonder if you stop it one day or not.
So my brothers - you are not just Kurds - you have to be "someones' ' Kurds.

for you information - we have the languge called sorani, and its not ARABIC. and we have letter "P". maybe we call coffe - 'Qawa", coz of lack of letter "K"?
so what is your theory about the word "Kebab" - "kebap"?

[thearabchildren]

Kulka, I am sorry but you are just as paranoid as the Kemalists. You misunderstand everything I say, seemingly on purpose, just as they do.

Of course you are not "someone"s Kurds, but there are differences between different kinds of Kurds. It doesn't make the Germans in Romania the "property" of Romanians if I refer to them as "Romanian Germans". I know you speak Sorani Kurdish and of course it has a "p" sound, but the joke referred to above, about "bebsi" is a reflection of the Arabic language being forced on you, not Sorani's phonology. If you personally don't say "bebsi", then you should take it up with the person who posted that, not me. It is a fact that no Kurd (or Arab) in Turkey says "bebsi" that I have ever heard because of the Turkish language being forced on them and it having a "p" sound (as does Kurdish, so for Turkish Kurds it does not even matter). This is not even a "North-South" issue, so on this issue I cannot say "Northern Kurdistan", because the problem is totally the fault of the Ba'athist and Kemalist regimes and has nothing to do with the Kurds themselves.

You say "qawa" because that's an Arabic word, the Europeans say it with a "k" sound because of their lack of a letter "q" Kebap is a Turkish corruption of the original "b" pronunciation, which I don't know if that's Indo-European or Arabic, but it's DEFINITELY not Turkish. I'm not actually sure what these examples have in common or what you're trying to prove But I have another one for you: Farsi. If I admit (as ALL Persians admit) that they say "Farsi" because of the lack of a "p" sound in Arabic, does that mean that I don't acknowledge the Persian language as existing? Does it mean I think Persians "belong" to the Arabs? Of course not. The only difference with Kurds is that the filthy Ba'athists and Kemalists have spent so long telling everyone that the Kurds don't exist and they aren't a nation and they are the "property" of other peoples that some Kurds (like you) seem to believe that all non-Kurds who don't speak exactly like you must ALSO believe this nonsense. But I assure you it's not true. Just as you accuse me (out of paranoia) of denying Kurdish nationhood, of believing the Kurds should submit to Kemalist or Ba'athist authority, of trying to divide the Kurds, the filthy Kemalists accuse me (out of paranoia) of attacking Turks, of being a fanatical Kurdish nationalist, of trying to "divide" Anatolia (the Kemalists did that themselves, neither I nor the Kurds are at all responsible for the stupid Turkish state's existence). But I am not pro or anti-Kurdish. I am pro-justice, and the Kurdish people need justice, just as all peoples deserve it.

If I am such a strong supporter of the oppressors of the Kurds, such a denier of your nationhood, why is my icon your flag, which is illegal under the stupid laws of the Kemalist republic?

[Kulka]

in almost every post you repeat that you are so pro kurdish and so good supporter of Kurdistan. But your verbal attitude doesnt match it. so let me to explain to your - for your further knowledge what are the "kinds" (as you kindly call it) of Kurds. We not only have the country which has a name, but also a parts of our country have its names - thats what i explained to you before - bakur, bashur, etc. so if you talk about different "kinds" (cute word in that contex) of Kurds, you can very easy reffer them to the area where they live - for example bashuri Kurds. but as i said we not only have the name for the parts of our country. we also have languages, which have names too. So we have kurmandji and sorani, the most common two, and also badhini, zazaki, hawrami, gorani... as you see you can very easy say which Kurds you refer too - if from south Kurdistan - you can say - sorani Kurds (unless they are hawrami or badhini) - and the same apply to kurdmandji Kurds (that what you should write when you post about the language stuff). why you say "turkish Kurds"? these people live on their own land, in their country called Kurdistan - so they are nothing but kurdish Kurds. its not nice if you call our people like that. you are calling our people with our enemies name, which is double nasty. try to respect the fact that even if not independent - we do have our own country and our own nation, and the land where Kurds live, belongs to Kurds from ages. we didnt came from nowhere, like turks and steal others land, killing their owners. look, you calling us with the name of those, who took the land where we live by force. think about it.

i can also say that you are paranoid to use this terms, which you yourself consider as legal. soon you are going to call Kurds from north - "mountain turks" - you are very close to that using the term "turkish Kurds". dont you thing that you are as consequent in that as Kemalists?
we are not orphans to call us by enemies name, na arabm, na iranim, na turkeki shaxistanm, nak har mn xom, mejuush dale, ka Kurdm u Kurdistanm.

[thearabchildren]

Your paranoia is really strong and you clearly are out of touch with reality. I would never dare call the noble Kurds living in Turkey "Mountain Turks" except to mock the filthy Turkish Republic. I just wonder how you hope to see the Kurds here freed when I am more radical than most Kurds living in the North. Really, you could talk like this in Turkey and the people calling you a radical would be Kurds, not because you're wrong, but because they have been brainwashed by Kemalist education. So if people like me are "anti-Kurdish" or "enemies" or think that Kurds are Turks (they are not and I have never said this and anyone who isn't you can see I have never said this, even the term Turkish Kurds doesn't imply ownership, it is merely how I refer to their unfortunate citizenship at present, which I'm against, as I am for the overthrow of the Turkish government, but again, that's more radical than most Kurds in this country and yet somehow you think I'm the enemy), then most Kurds in this country are your enemy too. Really, I said it before and I'll say it again: Most of your accusations against me have no connection to reality and it shows that you are so used to being attacked by Arabs and Turks who think they have the right to tell Kurds what the Kurds rights are that you can't believe that there are people who aren't Kurds and who might disagree with you about some minor points who would do so for any reason other than hating Kurds. But with this attitude you'll never convert the Turks, and you might even scare away many Kurds who (unfortunately) have Turkish citizenship, who will sadly fall victim to the Kemalist campaign against their culture, language and nationhood. You will of course ignore all of this, but I want other people reading to understand my position: The Kurdish nation, which is its own nation and has its own languages, culture and homeland and is not part of any other nation nor does any state have any right to control it or tell it what its right are, which is not free anywhere on Earth, even on its homeland, must not (in its quest for liberation) lose sight of reality, because in doing so they may well either underestimate or overestimate the enemy, a classic mistake of revolutionaries.

[Kulka]

you know what? i even didnt read the first sentence to the end. talking to you its like talking to a brick. and the only answer you have is insulting. i know that kind of attitude and i am not interesting in any more contact with you. so injoy your funny activity in internet. you are as "pro-kurdish' as i am "pro-catholic". i finish with you. bye.

[Kulka]

hello brothers - i was in northen iraq (for example in ARBIL or Al- Suleynamiyah ) , but i didnt drink bebsi, i drank kuka - kula.

[thearabchildren]

I don't know why you're using the Arabic names for a place that now (thank G-d) has Kurdish as an official language, except that you think I think it's better that way. Again, your lack of connection to reality. Enjoy.

[Kulka]

- your last post is saying everything about your intelligence

[kurdimemin_diako]

hey kulka ,,, u drank Kuka Kula ?
If u come to Sine I will get u Iistak !

[Kulka]

of course i drank kuka kula (kuuul) - and what the hell is Iistak? Sprite?