09 Oct
THE ARMENIAN ROOTS OF SERENDIPITY
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Serendipity 3 is a restaurant in Manhattan that has been featured in various films, including the ro...
Armenian Language Corner
19 Jun
From Siamanto to the Star-Spangled Banner
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Siamanto (Adom Yarjanian, 1878-1915), one of the names of the greatest generation of Armenian modern...
25 Jan
The Talk about Honey and Bees
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It is logical, in a sense, that the names for a product and its producer are derived from the same s...
21 Jun
The Roots of Hate
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English has a slew of words with Latin roots, which have a different meaning than their counterparts...
08 Dec
The Armenian Mysteries of Chocolate
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Chocolate is 365 days around us, but the end of the year is one of those times when we may be litera...
21 Sep
HOW CLOSE ARE THE POOL AND THE SAND?
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The sound of words always has a deceptive quality. Words with various meanings or with sounds that a...
17 Aug
Where Did Madzoon Come From?
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It is interesting to note that the word mazoon appears to mean “rain-making clouds” in Arabic, and a...
30 Jun
Another Mashdots (Not St. Mesrob)
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Everybody knows that St. Mesrob Mashdots was the creator of the Armenian alphabet and has a fair ide...
26 May
From Creation till Today
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In the fifth day of Creation, “God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind, and the cattle ...
21 Apr
About Avoiding Spelling Mistakes
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We usually have problems when we try to transcribe an Armenian name into English. Sometimes people h...