“It’s actually disheartening to see your own language being considered nonexistent and reduced to a copypasta.”
Ikran Dahir
Ikran is a reporter
Posted on October 12, 2020, at 4:24 p.m. ET
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ህመም የስሜቱ ክፍል ብቻ ነው ፡፡ በሁኔታው ተጨባጭ ሁኔታ የማይጸና የስነ-ልቦና ሽብር ፍፃሜው የማይቀር ነው ፡፡ ሥቃይና ጭንቀት በቅርቡ የማይታገሱ ይሆናሉ። በድርጊትዎ ምክንያት ቤተሰቦችዎ ደም ይፈስሳሉ። ለድርጊቶችዎ የዘላለም ሥቃይ ይሰማቸዋል
1:24 AM · Oct 2, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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Writing in the language has become a meme online, with people using it as a way to pretend to “curse” someone. The trend has gotten so big that it has been documented by Know Your Meme.
However, many people are voicing their concerns about the use of Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia, in this fashion. Before it became widespread, the meme was predominantly used on stan Twitter, where people also criticized it as disrespectful.
Y’all need to stop using Amharic as a “creepy satanic meme language” I speak amharic and it upsets me how y’all have completely disrespected it and turned it into something it’s not. My language ain’t some demonic copypasta. It’s not funny. It never was :/
