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PaperBoy found this article: http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2010/06/02/rivas-marancon/ It gives a better translation of the German article.

Yes, I know who they are (or were). You knew them? ............? No, I don't know the difference between eyes and butts. Getting back to topic, I really think that Armenia was screwed over. Why is it that the countries who have always given Armenia high scores (8, 10, or 12), like France, Greece, Cyprus, Belgium and some others, did not do so this year and last year (when the jury vote was introduced)? All the other countries did their routine 12 point exchanges with their allies even with the presence of the national juries. This would mean that both, the population and the national jury, gave 12 points each and the way how it works is: (12+12)50%=12. So if an entire country's population voted for Armenia (which would be 12 points), but the jury only gave 3 points, then (12+3)50%=7.5, that country would've only given Armenia 7 points (it's rounded down). So Azerbaijan, through its embassies, has sent officials to the juries of those countries that have traditionally given Armenia the most points to bribe and/or pressure them to vote for Azerbaijan and not for Armenia. I DEMAND AN INVESTIGATION!!

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/culture/news/49277/Omar_Harfouch_accuses_Azerbaijan_of_falsifying_results_of_2010_Eurovision_Song_Contest The following was translated from German with Google Translate. It says that Armenia won the most popular votes. http://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/zeusmedienwelten/zeus/fuer-schueler/zeus-regional/herne/Lena-fliegt-mit-ihrem-Satellite-in-den-Song-Contest-Himmel-id3055335.html Scroll to the comment section at the bottom. The article was pasted there. It was originally written by morgenpost.de but you have to subscribe in order to read the full article there. Last but not least: http://data6.blog.de/media/692/4693692_803f45777a_m.jpeg So basically... Armenia was officially robbed.

Անգլերէնը «maroon» բառը ունի (որ ֆրանսերէնէ առնուած բառ է): Շառը եւ maroonը նոյնը չե՞ն: Ուրիշ հարց ալ կայ՝ ըստ Նայիրի բառարանին, «շառ»ը «պայծար կարմիր» է: http://nayiri.com/search?l=&query=շառ

From what I could read from her profile, she only speaks Japanese and English. Next to 言語 "Gengo" (language), it says　日本語 "Nihongo" (Japanese) and 英語 "Eigo" (English). If she spoke Armenian, the word アルメニア語　"arumeniago" would've been written. Below it, the first word you see in the biography is the word for Armenia, which is アルメニア (it's 5 syllables, a-ru-me-ni-a). The first sentence basically says what's written in Wikipedia (that her father is an Armenian, born in the US and her mother was born in Japan).

It seems that the Greeks still have that Byzantine Empire mentality, thinking that they're the centre of the world. They also probably still think that all non-Greeks are "savages".

If I am correct, Noyan Tapan is another Levonakan site (as in, it's funded by the West).

I doubt that. Then what would've been the point of Է?

In Western Armenian, the letters Բ, Գ, Դ, Ձ, Ջ were supposed to be unaspirated while Թ, Չ, Ց, Փ, Ք were supposed to be aspirated. However, the distinction was lost, due to Turkish influence and now both groups are aspirated.

Ever since I discovered it, I've been using google.am all the time. However, I would much prefer it to be in the Mashtotsian orthography, so an option to switch between the two orthographies would be nice. Մաշտոցեան ուղղագրութիւնը շատ աւելի հստակ է ինձ համար եւ շատ աւելի հայկական է:

As long as they don't put any Rabiz music, I'm happy. I guess it was supposed to give an ancient, mystical feel.

Whoops, my bad.

The Lavanda Trio have finally released an album! http://www.narek.com/store/product.php?pro...348&cat=103

An Armenian comedy making fun of Turkish TV. I hope this hasn't already been posted. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLC9tx-jnzE

1) You mean something like, Մի ըներ? 2) Ես յաճախ «իրն է» կ'ըսեմ: 3) «Ո»: Օրինակ. սիրոյ, եկեղեցւոյ, յետոյ, Աստուծոյ եւ այլն: Դարեր առաջ, «ե»-ն ալ «յ»-ն կ'ունենար քովը: 4) Կախում ունի:

Շա՜տ հետաքրքրական էր, Յովհաննէս:

The ARF had an important role in liberating Armenia in the early 20th century. It's because of the ARF that Armenia is not labeled as "Turkey" on the map today and you should be thankful for that.

Who in the right mind would want a traitor to be president again?

Are you serious, MosJan? A passport in orange (or apricot colour) would look pretty awkward.

You couldn't have said it in a better way, Anahid.

This is exactly why I think the borders should stay closed. You think 80,000 illegal Armenian immigrants working there and doing prostitution is bad? Just imagine what would happen if the borders become wide open, giving free and complete access to Turkey. Basically, what I am trying to tell you is this; if the Turkish-Armenian border were to open, then Turkey would have the ability to completely destroy Armenia without having to fire a single bullet.

There used to be. Only they were not տ, պ, կ, ճ, and ծ like in Eastern Armenian. In the original Western Armenian phonology, the ejective consonants were դ, բ, գ, ջ, and ձ. Basically, the ejective consonants and the voiced consonants in the two dialects are switched. Unfortunately, however, Western Armenian lost those sounds while under Turkish rule. It was never supposed to have two letters making the same sound. The aspirated voiceless consonants are the same in both dialects. I was very much offended when Arpa compared our Western Armenian to Cockney English in another thread. Cockney English is slang English while Western Armenian is one of two standardized dialects of the language.

Man, that's messed up. I wonder if the Azeris know that he was Armenian (they'd probably deny it anyway).

It's Էրուած սրտին ք*ք մխիթար. The orthographical rules state that when a vowel follows the letters Ո and Ւ, a "V" sound would be produced. So: Էրուած érouatz (not 'ts') Is pronouced like: ervatz You can think of it as if it's like the German "W", which is also pronounced as a "V". I'm sure it's not too difficult to remember.

Why don't you just use the on-screen keyboard? Just go to Start->All Programs->Accessories->Accessibility->On-Screen Keyboard.