Comments on: Don’t cry for me Armenia, er, Albania, er, where did you go again? http://orphanarmy.com/armenia_2005-08-20/ Creative projects and random happenings from the world of Lucid Reverie and Alaska Robotics. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:54:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Slaal http://orphanarmy.com/armenia_2005-08-20/#comment-66 Slaal Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:13:02 +0000 http://www.orphanarmy.com/armenia_2005-08-20/#comment-66 Gah! I forgot to mention Armenian. They are very proud of their language and their alphabet. The creator of the alphabet is a national hero, and one of the tourist attractions is this farm where the alphabet is mowed into the field. The history of Armenia is rather sad, every fifty years or so they would be conquered by another power, during the Armenian genocide over a million were kicked out of the country. While many have returned, there are large Armenian populations around the world and it seems that you are defined as an Armenian more by your knowledge of the language and the country than by where you live. The Ruskies tried to kill the language, and only allowed the teaching of Russian in schools, but they never really had a chance. Russian is the second language in the country though, and you could probably get by pretty well with just that. I did pick up a few Armenian words: good, yes, no, bathroom, thank you (though most of them just say merci, mostly because it's shorter than shnorokalutiun), but have largely lost them again in the French that followed... Gah! I forgot to mention Armenian. They are very proud of their language and their alphabet. The creator of the alphabet is a national hero, and one of the tourist attractions is this farm where the alphabet is mowed into the field.

The history of Armenia is rather sad, every fifty years or so they would be conquered by another power, during the Armenian genocide over a million were kicked out of the country. While many have returned, there are large Armenian populations around the world and it seems that you are defined as an Armenian more by your knowledge of the language and the country than by where you live.

The Ruskies tried to kill the language, and only allowed the teaching of Russian in schools, but they never really had a chance. Russian is the second language in the country though, and you could probably get by pretty well with just that. I did pick up a few Armenian words: good, yes, no, bathroom, thank you (though most of them just say merci, mostly because it’s shorter than shnorokalutiun), but have largely lost them again in the French that followed…

]]> By: Gage http://orphanarmy.com/armenia_2005-08-20/#comment-65 Gage Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:43:05 +0000 http://www.orphanarmy.com/armenia_2005-08-20/#comment-65 Sounds awesome! I want to visit Armenia... Did you pick up any Russian? Or do they have they own special language over there? Sounds awesome! I want to visit Armenia…

Did you pick up any Russian? Or do they have they own special language over there?

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