Sunday, 28 July 2013

Iranian or Persian? Which one are you?

Which one are you?

What do you say when someone asks you "where are you from" ?

Do you do your best to say you are from Iran just to stop embarrassing yourself in front of the educated foreigners or do you prevent them mistaking you with Iraqi people and just say I am Persian?

Which one gives you more prestige? Iranian or Persian?

Which one leaves negative impression on the listener? Persian or Iranian?

Well you certainly go to a Persian restaurant and eat Persian food, ha? Or you just go to Iranian Restaurant and have Iranian food?

It definitely is Persian Carpet and Persian cat but I am not sure about Persian Music (specifically the pop one).

What do you think? How do you react? When do you use Persian and when do you use Iranian?

2 comments:

  1. Which one are you?
    From nationality point of view, i am Iranian. From race point of view, I am Persian.

    Do you do your best to say you are from Iran just to stop embarrassing yourself in front of the educated foreigners or do you prevent them mistaking you with Iraqi people and just say I am Persian?
    First one.

    Which one gives you more prestige?
    Persian.

    Which one leaves negative impression on the listener?
    Iranian.

    Well you certainly go to a Persian restaurant and eat Persian food, ha? Or you just go to Iranian Restaurant and have Iranian food?
    Iranian Restaurant and have Iranian food.

    It definitely is Persian Carpet and Persian cat but I am not sure about Persian Music (specifically the pop one).
    Iranian is more usual.

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