Professor
The name is Professor, Haji Professor
I know this will sound pathetic but I can't speak somali at all, Like not even a little bit. I even don't know how to read somali, it's that bad.
I communicate with My mother and father in English and they speak back to me in somali. Sometimes though my brother and sister's have to translate what am saying to my parents to communicate with them. My father always talks about this when he sees me( don't live with him) and always blames my mother but I have always been way to embarrassed to try. When any family members come over i automatically leave the house, so I don't embarrass my mum.
The funny thing is my mother has taken me to somalia, seven times yet I never learned shit whilst I was there
. Even though i am somali am not really connected to it and have never seen it as important. My identity was always black british and nothing more. I am on this site to reconnect with my heritage but I wanted to ask the other people on this Site how many of you are you like me and do you think this is problem. One thing I noticed with many somalis around my age group (19-21) in the UK, that unfortunately many can'tell speak somali at all. I am not saying all somalis but I have come across a significant amount that don't know their language. As more generations come about in the west, this will become more apparent eventually and common place in the long run. Do you think that this is a problem the somali community should try to tackle.
P.S I know with this thread, I can no longer participate in any somaliland v somalia debate and I have sentenced myself to live with the crazys like @ArchBishopofAtheism, @EternalLightX and the crazy @PiratePrincess
but I just thought that this is an important question and this place needed some more original threads.
I communicate with My mother and father in English and they speak back to me in somali. Sometimes though my brother and sister's have to translate what am saying to my parents to communicate with them. My father always talks about this when he sees me( don't live with him) and always blames my mother but I have always been way to embarrassed to try. When any family members come over i automatically leave the house, so I don't embarrass my mum.
The funny thing is my mother has taken me to somalia, seven times yet I never learned shit whilst I was there
. Even though i am somali am not really connected to it and have never seen it as important. My identity was always black british and nothing more. I am on this site to reconnect with my heritage but I wanted to ask the other people on this Site how many of you are you like me and do you think this is problem. One thing I noticed with many somalis around my age group (19-21) in the UK, that unfortunately many can'tell speak somali at all. I am not saying all somalis but I have come across a significant amount that don't know their language. As more generations come about in the west, this will become more apparent eventually and common place in the long run. Do you think that this is a problem the somali community should try to tackle.P.S I know with this thread, I can no longer participate in any somaliland v somalia debate and I have sentenced myself to live with the crazys like @ArchBishopofAtheism, @EternalLightX and the crazy @PiratePrincess
but I just thought that this is an important question and this place needed some more original threads.
. But I would rather be in my shoes a thousand times over then be a self hating apostates . I may be out of touch with my dhagan but I have never hated myself or my people.
