Marash Girl's father used to always laugh at the Yankee wannabes, the Armenians who changed their names from Hovanessian to Johnson, from Chakmakjian to Charleston, from Samuelian to Samson ... "as if the map of Armenia wasn't splashed across their faces!" In fact, one of the reasons that Marash Girl's father "allowed" Marash Girl to marry Marash Boy was that Marash Boy's family was not ashamed of their family name . . . in fact, they had their family name splashed across the signage of every pharmacy in Springfield, Massachusetts, "IAN" and all . . . . and, of course, because Marash Boy had the map of Marash splashed across his face!
Vat to do? Vat to do? Vat in zee vorld am I going to do? Half to marree Aremeenyun boy! Took a trip to Tehran zer I met zee ugga khan. Started making luv to me, I said, no, no, ugga, no sirree. Vat to do? Vat to do? Half to marree Armeenyun boy!
ReplyDeleteIn that case, why did you not go one better, and marry a MARASHLIAN boy?!
ReplyDeleteI forget to include, 'heh, heh' in the last comment.
ReplyDelete"Vaht's in a name?" Villiam Shakespearian
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