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Post by rex362 on Dec 29, 2009 14:09:34 GMT -5
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Post by L0gjICK on Dec 29, 2009 14:22:41 GMT -5
The Neil Diamond comparison is spot on........
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Post by rex362 on Dec 29, 2009 14:32:46 GMT -5
yea I know .....my uncle is 101% him now at same age
if I tell you how many older woman (60's and up ) approach me and tell me I look just like him you wouldn't believe me ...
usually I tell them I am one of his bastard sons and they fall for it
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Post by malsor4life on Dec 29, 2009 15:04:40 GMT -5
Ive never been mistaken for any Slavic nationality, I dont have slavic facial features. The only similarity id say i have is with Montenegrins, in that im tall like them (6'2).
Ive always gotten either Italian or Albanian. More italian b/c Albania isnt as well known.
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Post by malsor4life on Dec 29, 2009 15:35:37 GMT -5
Btw, isnt it so easy for us Albs to spot other Albs ? Its amazing, You can put an alb in a crowd of a hundreds, and you'll spot him within seconds lol. Its not even about the face sometimes--their walk, clothes, their body language, etc. I immediatley recognize them. Very very rarely is it that someone i didnt think was albanian suprises me and tells me he is.
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Post by todhrimencuri on Dec 29, 2009 16:31:59 GMT -5
Yea its true... when I was in Italy at an airport me and my friend just sat down and started pointing out Albanians left and right. Sometimes we didnt need to look at their face, it was just their characteristics.
Funny thing is that Albanians can rarely pic me out as one of them. At a restaurant I worked at we had a Malsor wedding... it literally took an hour for one of them to pic me out. I just dont act "Albanian". I dont gesture, or have any of the body language. Finally someone spotted me... and the tips started rolling in, 'Ej, Shqipe, dy coke-n-rum, rrofsh'
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Post by ngadhnjyesi on Dec 29, 2009 17:07:28 GMT -5
Funny thing is that Albanians can rarely pic me out as one of them. At a restaurant I worked at we had a Malsor wedding... it literally took an hour for one of them to pic me out. I just dont act "Albanian". I dont gesture, or have any of the body language. Finally someone spotted me... and the tips started rolling in, 'Ej, Shqipe, dy coke-n-rum, rroft' That's becasue Malsort and Tironsit have different looks. Albanians from outside the Republic never think I'm Albanian unless I start talking to them in Albanian.
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Post by malsor4life on Dec 29, 2009 17:10:41 GMT -5
Yea its true... when I was in Italy at an airport me and my friend just sat down and started pointing out Albanians left and right. Sometimes we didnt need to look at their face, it was just their characteristics. Funny thing is that Albanians can rarely pic me out as one of them. At a restaurant I worked at we had a Malsor wedding... it literally took an hour for one of them to pic me out. I just dont act "Albanian". I dont gesture, or have any of the body language. Finally someone spotted me... and the tips started rolling in, 'Ej, Shqipe, dy coke-n-rum, rroft' Yeah, those who were born here or came young can pass off as American cause they dont totally 'act' albanian. But those that just came here are dead give-aways lol.
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Post by ngadhnjyesi on Dec 29, 2009 17:38:49 GMT -5
Yeah, those who were born here or came young can pass off as American cause they dont totally 'act' albanian. But those that just came here are dead give-aways lol. True, "off the boat Albanian" can be spotted a mile away.
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Post by todhrimencuri on Dec 29, 2009 17:43:33 GMT -5
Yea, I have a field day in the Bronx. Although without off the boat Albanians we wouldnt have the delicious Byrek shops.
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Post by todhrimencuri on Dec 29, 2009 18:40:14 GMT -5
Many Greeks, who are not so good friends with reading... think that Albanians are Slavs, just like all our northern neighbors... Melty is an obvious example of a Tosk slavoalbogreco hybrid... The only hybrid that I am is 50% Tosk Korcar, 25% Vlonjat and 25% Central Albanian Gheg. The majority of my Nartiot grandmother's family look completely Albanian... only her and her sister didnt. Truth be told, I would prefer to be 1/4 Serb over being a part of your disgusting race (admittedly, Serbs are an attractive people, at least the ones from Belgrade... and, dont tell any Kosovar Albanian, I dont dislike the average Serb much). However, I do not have any Slavic/Serbian traceable ancestors. So no, I have no Slav in me as far as I can trace it. Even the village names I originate from are not Slavonic in toponym.
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Post by Kanaris on Dec 29, 2009 21:20:39 GMT -5
You got that nose and eye thing going like Libfier.... Where your eyes are too close together and your nose is high in between them.Not saying it looks bad it's just a trait I noticed and it's not confined to Albanians only.
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Post by todhrimencuri on Dec 30, 2009 2:16:54 GMT -5
My eyes are actually pretty far apart.
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Post by Patrinos on Dec 30, 2009 14:14:33 GMT -5
yes, i've noticed that in alvanous and other kinds... is this a slavic trait?
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Post by Kanaris on Dec 30, 2009 14:28:52 GMT -5
It almost looks as they have been smelling their own farts...and they have that congested look.... and I don't mean Albanians in general but the overall look...I think I got a relative that has that nose thingy too...
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Post by ngadhnjyesi on Dec 30, 2009 16:11:13 GMT -5
I think I got a relative that has that nose thingy too... Kanaris, how many of your relatives would you say are Albanian?
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Post by alb12345 on Dec 30, 2009 16:27:51 GMT -5
When me and my mates are out usally the girls say we are french or italians so far no one has told me or my friends here that we look like sllavs. Where i live sllavs(mostly polish ) do outnumber albanians 20 to1 or even more. If i be honest sllavs are not a match for us especially when it comes to look start from the girls we date and the girls they date its not just me who thinks like this but most of my friends am not saying we superior but we look better that all
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Post by rusebg on Dec 30, 2009 17:39:43 GMT -5
Ok mate, just one question: whn you say 'we' do you mean 'me'?
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Post by ngadhnjyesi on Dec 30, 2009 18:02:23 GMT -5
Ok mate, just one question: whn you say 'we' do you mean 'me'? Yes, an Albanian usually speaks in plural when talking about himself
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Post by Kanaris on Dec 30, 2009 18:21:49 GMT -5
I think I got a relative that has that nose thingy too... Kanaris, how many of your relatives would you say are Albanian? This pic is 80 years old.... standing is my Grandfather and to his left is my Grandmother seated is their parents and the other lady is my grandmothers sister....the little girl is my aunt... she's still alive, do you think any of them would pass off as Albs? My grandpappy has something slightly triangular going on with his head... ;D
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