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The following is from the Armenian version of HETQ, not found in the English version. In a nutshell. We read that the Armenian Aryans are planning a rally to celebrate Mother Anahit on the day of Easter. The rally is planned to be held in the village of Khndzoresk, a suburb of Goris. That they will among others will have an "egg game", and on April 24 they will proceed to Tsitsernakanberd Memorial. One commentator replies saying- “Who the **** cares about Anahit, why don’t we speak about the glorious Feast of Resurrection of Jesus”? Who remembers the Paulicisnd and the Thontrakians? Whose main theme was to rid ourselves from that judeo-greek mythology. In my opinion the “resurrection” is not any different from the so fantastically fabulous legend of Aramazd and Anahit being husband and wife bearing the son Vahagn. ---- http://hetq.am/arm/news/553/

http://hetq.am/static/news/b/2011/04/540.jpg http://hetq.am/static/news/b/2011/04/540.jpg I had not seen the below article, neither anything to the affect. It was just my gut feeling putting together bits and pieces. Perhaps I read too much into Anlreli Zangakatun. I suspect Sevak may have had similar feelings. Speaking of which one wonders what secrets are buried in the archives of Ejmiatsin and the Patriarchate . Above we spoke about his disillusionment and the virtual falling out with the “establishment”. We also talked about his struggle with celibacy, see Sona Yar above. And now we see this. Who and how was his European sojourn subsidized? http://hetq.am/eng/news/540/ ---- PS. Some time ago one of us asked what heretic means.

Above we spoke mainly about the archives in connection to the dark soviet days, about the mysteries surrounding the likes of Bakounts, Charents, Sevak, Mahari and many more. It must be time now to delve in and see how many and what kind of skeletons are in the “closet”. Not only pertaining to the Big G, let us go back and see what happened with whom since “1607”. THIS IS A WORTHY CAUSE, and it will take a lot of time, manpower and financing which I am sure the State of Armenia alone cannot afford. How about the Diaspora, instead of wasting all that time, energy and finance chasing ghosts in the aisles of the US Congress et al, building and abandoning one church after another etc, help finance and subsidize the scholars and researchers. Not to forget linguists as I am sure many of those archives may be in a variety of languages. As a bonus, a project of the kind may turn into a gainful industry keeping gainfuly employed many a veteran and budding scientist be they scholars, programmers and more. ===== http://asbarez.com/95316/documents-in-armenia%e2%80%99s-archives-prove-genocide/

ՏՕՆ Ton (This is a follow-up to my other thread of ԵՂԵՌՆ where some of us use the word ՏՕՆ festival in reference to April 24th.) Please! Please again. The word is spelled with letter Օ/O, not Ո/Vo,. ՏՕՆ not Տոն otherwise we lose all contact to its original meaning. In another post we talked about . Why are some of us still calling April 24th [/b] Նահատակաց Տօն[/b] where the source had spelled it as Տոն Նահատակաց ? This is , at best a contradiction in terms as “nahatak” means a somber occasion and “ton” means festival. One dictionary defines There are many words formed around it. Let’s see how many we know, including but not limited to “տօնածառ/ tonatsar/festival/ holiday tree”. No matter where we look the word is associated with festival, merriment , celebration a happy occasion. From the Dictionary of Synonyms selectively. ՏՕՆ please! Brings us to the Armatakan Searching the Aramatakan for ՏՈՆ will get you no where, it is ՏՕՆ It goes on saying that the word is native Armenian “dapni” which in fact means ԶՈՀ/ sacrifice/sacrificial animal. Please don’t ask me how “dapni” turns to ՏՕՆ/ton. Unless we read it as ՏԱՒՆ/taun. To not confuse with դափնիdaphne, laurel. Why don’t we call our daughters Դափնէ/ Lurael/Laura? Yes, we call them Lori/Lorik!!! PS My ancestors called the Saturday laundry “khash” “don”. Turns out it is from the furkish to mean “underwear”. Once again please ! It is ՏՕնապետ not ՏՈնապետ. Replacing the Օ with Ո disconnects us from the original etymology of our language. Does anyone care? Meaning “master of ceremonies (emcee) even if it in fact means “master of the house/տՈՒնապետ”. We see at least in one dialect, that of Artsakh ՏՈՒՆ/house is ՏՕՆ. This may be cause for another subject ,i.e Տուն/տան/տանիք/**house/home. Yes, it is rarely used as a personal name, yet I have known at least one person with that name. This is funny. The one “tonapet” I knew was an apprentice at a graphic arts studio. Whenever the foreman called on him him - “tonapet”!! he would answer with “AYO VARPET”!! From that joke of a site known as Armenian Names… Is this the picture of "tonapet"? What do տօնավաճառ and փառատօն mean? **Consider the word Ընտանիք/family, i.e people living in the same house, under the same roof.

Good find Gams. After all, you're not as bad as some may want us to believe This Kassabian, whoever s/he may be seems to have not only a good sense of HUMOR, but also a good sense of music, choreography and rhythm.

ՏՕՆ ՆԱՀԱՏԱԿԱՑ? ՆԱՀԱՏԱԿԱՑ ՏՕՆ? PSST! Hush!! Keep it quiet lest they hear. It is a wonder that they have not picked up on the ՆԱՀԱՏԱԿԱՑ ՏՕՆ Nahatakats Ton that some of us still call that day. Is this how we "celebrate" April 24th? The Հահատակաց Տօն/ festival of MARTYRS? Beside the fact that one of my least favorite words is ՆԱՀԱՏԱԿ/nahatak/martyr.. Who else names their children Martiros/Mardiros/Martyros/martyr/witness? Hello to all the “Martins” out there. Oh yeah, we know those who name their sons shaheed/witness/suicide bomber. An actual headline in today’s reporter http://www.reporter.am/index.cfm?objectid=77692F6A-6A68-11E0-97E90003FF3452C2 Beside the fact that I have always had a reservation to the word “ՆԱՀԱՏԱԿ-nahatak/martyr”. The literal meaning of the word is “վկայ/ականատես/witness”, just like the Arabic “shaheed”.The main square in Beirut is called “shuhada” (plural) in memory of the hanging by the ottomans of the Lebanese nationalists http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrs'_Square_Beirut With all due respects Otian and Papazian , did they really know the actual meaning of ՏՕՆ- ՏՈՆ/TON/DON? That it means festival/festivity? Just as in the Armenian “handes/ khrakhjanq”. April 24 is a Don/Ton /Festival /Celebration!!!??? I am not laughing and jumping in joy. Read the rest here; http://culture.azg.am/?lang=AR&num=2010042401 Above the word “ton/don” may have been used naively if not ignorantly, perhaps to mean gathering, commemoration . Yes, there was a time when April 24 was called Nahatakats Ton. Here is what ՏՕՆ/Ton means. See you later…. How many words do you know that is based on the word “տօն/ տոն/ton/don ?

Please! My intent is not to reopen this highly charged, prejudicially biased debate about “orthography“, but to only add this that I had seen some time ago. At which time Jan, 2007 in #27 our most conciliatory Johannes said this, not knowing if he was still alive. Apparently at the time he was; Lest the site becomes extinct I will paste the entire bio. http://www.armtown.com/news/am/azg/20110304/2011030423/

Sty spies? Armenia has biological weapons? Yup! Here it is. His name is Varaz ** http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/food/boar_440.jpg http://news.am/eng/news/55791.html ** Վարազ= արու վայրի խոզ- wild male hog.

Eshou Glokh. Or should I say Eshou Poch, Eshou Vor? He does not need our help. He is fast making an ass of himself. Is there anyone left that he has not insulted? Oh yeah! This one, note the featural similarities; http://www.legalnewsline.com/content/img/f211391/hitler.jpg http://news.am/eng/news/55481.html Erdogan insults not French MP but descendent of Armenian Genocide survivors http://news.am/pic/news/55481.jpg Here are some of his latest portraits; http://farm1.static.flickr.com/51/133262843_17493c7531.jpg http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/2199102/2/istockphoto_2199102-donkey-head.jpg

Here he is. I can’t find the extended bio that I had seen some time ago, where it talks about his sojourn at Oxford, and the allusion that his grandfather and namesake was some kind of an ottoman diplomat born in Damscus, to which he has so coyly alluded, that he was born with (aristocratic) silver spoon in the mouth . http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Ali-Suat-%C3%9Crg%C3%BCpl%C3%BC/646303602 http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/41629_646303602_3844_n.jpg

Call it Armenian Bloopers. And this Bourj Hammoud humor; My only wish is that Vahe and the like stop using furkish words!! That era died with the demise of Baronian and Otian. Or, did it? The rest is funny. Specially for those who understand WA "dialect" culture and humor. Be forwarned. Some of the accompanying features may not be suitable for family viewing as they may have rough/taboo language. Hi George Carlin!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWidR8ZmI-I&feature=related

This one blew me away. We will see why. What else is new? The WEEPING willow/ՈՒՌԵՆԻ is the symbol of a festival? http://www.armenianow.com/sites/default/files/img/imagecache/600x400/Tsakhkazard-Palm-Sunday-armenia.jpg http://www.armenianow.com/multimedia/feature_photo/29059/willow_blessing Also click on the slide show to see more pictures, specially that of a little girl with a crown of branches of willow . Note that in the English version it says "Sunday before "LENT" ??? When above I used the word Ծառզարդարit was simply a shot in the dark, so to speak, based on how some of my ancestors called the holday- Զարզարդար/Zarzardar** Here is another surprise. When I wrote the above I had not looked it up, I was just going by what I remembered. Now that I looked it up… another surprise. In the Book Marash, in the list of holidays among other surprises … Just like the coming Holiday of Easter is known as Mindz Zatak as opposed to Pitik Zatak- Christmas. To refresh our memory we will go back where I had written about the original meaning of Zatik/Zadig/Zatak/Satak. See # 31 here; http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=1635&st=20 *** * No surprises here. In places with warmer climate the branches are of date palm, in Jerusalem they wave olive branches since Jesus descended from the Mount of Olives Ձիթենեաց Լեռ http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/91782174_55f89219ee.jpg http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/91782174_55f89219ee.jpg ** Some who were affected by how the furkish pronounced the Ծ as Զ since there is no DZ sound in that non-language. Just as they pronounce the Ց/TS as Ս/S *** The fact that at times the A turns to O as in “zardOr” is no surprise, yet the Z to J is, even if it should not have been. I remember one of our neighbors Avetis Zardarian was known as “Jardor Aves”

ՍԻՓԱՆ- ԳՐԳՈՒՌ Sipan- Grgourr We know what and where Sipan is. I had no idea about Grgour. It seems it is the Sister /Brother mountain of Sipan, just as Sis is the smaller brother of Masis . http://www.skimountaineer.com/ROF/Beyond/Ararat/AraratNorth.jpg ---- See below. Turns out Shiraz, among others has referred to it on many occasions. We may come to that….Not surprising as Shiraz’s ancestry hails from Van and Mush… http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=5261&pid=280976&st=0entry280976 Որսի էինք ելնում էլօր Սիփան սարերն իմ հեռավոր, Հիմա որս ենք մենք վիրավոր,_ Խօսէ´ք Մասի´ս լեռներ խօսէք, Խօսէ´ք լեռներ, ասէք, լեռներ, Չէ՞ որ Սիփան սարը մերն էր: Դեռ էն գլխից ինչպես մայրը՝ Մեր աստուվածն էր Մասիս սարը, էս ի՞նչ դառավ հայ աշխարհը,_ Խօսէ´ք, Գրգու´ռ լեռներ, խօսէք, Խօսէ´ք լեռներ, ասէք, լեռներ, Չէ՞ որ Մասիս սարը մերն էր: Until I saw it in the above poem by Shiraz I had not given a thought, even if I had seen it . The only reference I found about it says it is the 21st month of The Armenian Calendar. See #3 here; This is funny. See how they spelled it Գորգոր. Hi GorGor http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=10659&st=0&p=132558&hl=oratsuyts&fromsearch=1entry132558 http://www.network54.com/Forum/149359/thread/1296783245/last-1296783245/Akhtamar-+Beside+the+laughing+lake+of+Van,+A+little+hamlet+lies http://yerevanmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/post-gallery/uploads/704x450-ADAPTIVE/1255839895_Akhtamar-island.jpg http://yerevanmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/post-gallery/uploads/619x450-ADAPTIVE/1255839897_Sipan-view-from-Akhtamar.jpg http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=1592&pid=15126&st=0entry15126 A bonus, here is the song ՍԻՓԱՆԱՅ ՔԱՋԵՐ The Braves of Sipan ՍԷԳ /Seg = Proud ՀԱՅԿԱԿԱՆ ՔԱՅԼԵՐԳ Խոսք՝ Ակադեմ. Մ. Աբեղյանի, երաժշտ.՝ Կոմիտասի Լօ՜, լօ՜, լօ՜, - Սիփանա սեգ սարի վրա, Կտրիճները շտապով գալիս են միանում, Այնտեղ անվախ որդիք հսկա լեռան վերա, Զենք ու զրահի են ընթանում: Ահա' վառվում են՝ զինվում, Սանձակոծ ձի հեծնում անհամբեր, Արյունը նըրանց բորբոք սրտի մեջ եռում, Թռչում, անցնում անհամբեր, Զերթ Սիփանա պինդ քամին, Սլանում են դեպի ցած, Դաշտի միջին թշնամուն Պատահում են - և մեծ վրեժ անմոռաց, Ահեղ կռվում նրանից առնում, Հատու սուսերը հանում, Ցեղապետին են սպանում, Եվ զերթ կիզող հուր վառվում: Այժմ բոլոր ցեղն ոտի կանգնած՝ Թշնամու դեմ մահառիթ մարտի է կանչում, Արյան մեծ վրեժը թշնամուց պահանջում, Եվ թշնամին մարտըված՝ Թողնում փախչում սարե-սար՝ Հետ ձգելով մեծ ավար: Արյուն թափեցին փոխանակ արյան, Արյուն քամեց ծարավի սուսեր, Նրան հագեցած՝ դրեցին պատյան, Ելնում են ի լեռ՝ սեգ Սիփանն ի վեր, Սեգ Սիփանա կանաչ գլխին հաղթող Ցեղն անում է մեծ խնդում, Եվ ամպերի թանձրության միջից Հըսկա Սիփանն ամբողջ թնդում. Էլ չե'ն գալիս մեզ մոտ թշնամիք, Սուր տեսան մեր պողպատիք:

Today is ԾԱՂԿԱԶԱՐԴ/Tsaghkazaed or ծԱՌԶԱՐԴԱՐ/Tsarzardar. Palm Sunday http://tutorfidelis.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/palm-sunday.jpg How many of us celebrated it? Or are we waiting for our King Of Kings Tigran II to triumphantly ride into town? http://www.armenian-history.com/Nyuter/HISTORY/ArmeniaBC/pictures/Tigran_meci_artzan.jpg http://www.armenian-history.com/Nyuter/HISTORY/ArmeniaBC/pictures/Tigran_meci_artzan.jpg Or, maybe Commander Vardan on his trusty steed? Note that He is not holding a palm branch in his hand. http://img.atb.am/upload/Monument/mamikanayn/mamikonayn_10.jpg ԱՒԱՂ ՓԱՌԱՑՍ ԱՆՑԱՒՈՐԻ ALAS OUR PAST GLORIES Ever since we dismounted this http://creationrevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/arabian_horse_boss.jpg And rode this? http://3story.org/stories/gallery/1/donkey.png

PETROLEUM Rock/Stone Oil. As you can see the word consists of “petro/stone” and “oleum/oil”-petro-oil.. In Armenian it is “kariugh/stone oil” *** See why that ancient monument in modern Jordan was named Petra; http://www.bamjam.net/Jordan/Petra.html ՔԱՐ-ԻՒՂ The Persian word for petroleum is “neft /naft kham”. نفت خام Note the word “kham” which is defined as raw, crude and green(immature)/ ԽԱԿ. i.e raw, crude oil (petrol), and looking up “neft/naft” in Persian we this Neft=oil, petroleum… naft lamba= kerosene. Note that above we said in the Armenian “qaryough” mainly refers to kerosene. Also note that some other people call kerosene “gazya” from “gaz-yaghi”-oil of gaz/gas. http://www.justtexas.com/images/pottery/largekerosenelamp.jpg Also note that some other people call kerosene “gazya” from “gaz-yaghi”-oil of gaz/gas. Looking up Քարիւղ /Քարյուղ/Qaryough we are redirected to ՆԱՎԹ= Քարիւղ (WA), քարաձյութ, քարձյութ, քարձեթ, նփատ** **I have no idea what this is. Is it Russian as in “nphat“, or are some of us dyslexic seeing “նափտա/naphtha as նփատա/nphata? Note the juxtaposition of the PH and A? We all know the old Armenian adage- “Քարեն հաց կը հանէ- Extracts bread from stone”. But we don’t have an adage saying “Քարեն իւղ կը հանէ” WHY??? Even if at the present the word is usually applied to kerosene. Note the similarity of “kariugh” and “kerosene”. Of course now in England the baseliner is simply known as “petrol”. Below we see the history, that it had been known even 4000 years ago. 4000 years? BTW. Atrbatakan means “land of fire” based on the fact that at times the petroleum oozing out would catch on fire. “spontaneous combustion”? http://www.aljazeera.net/mritems/images/2005/5/9/1_539522_1_34.jpg Then what were those camel jockeys in bokhu and babylon doing in the meantime, until that is the likes of Galoust Gulbenkian and Rockefeller taught them how to drill? http://img1.photographersdirect.com/img/8911/wm/pd1194790.jpg http://www.freefoto.com/images/13/69/13_69_7---Nodding-Donkey-Oil-Well--North-Dakota--USA-_web.jpg?&k=Nodding+Donkey+Oil+Well%2C+North+Dakota%2C+USA%2C Did those American and Armenian geologist prospectors know that today we would become their slaves??? Smelling their stinky “petrid pharty air“, camel brand deodorant? Even if I have reservations about wiki-mickey mouse media!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_petroleum

Hi Louise. Is this what you’re looking for? Note that I am posting it the way I found it on the net, I did not edit it, since as you can see th orthography is kind of jumbled, as it is a mixture of traditional and soviet orthography, like among others Է and Ե, Յ and Հ PS. Should you need any help in definition of words please ask. ------ Խօսէ´ք, Հայաստանի լեռներ Ի՞նչ օրի է ծովս Վանայ, Խօսէ´ք, լռած քարեր, խօսէք, Ի՞նչ օրի էք դուք էլ հիմա,_ Խօսէ´ք, Սիփա´ն սարեր, խօսէք, Խօսէ´ք լեռներ, ասէք, լեռներ, Չե որ Վանայ ծովը մերն էր: Ես յիշում եմ այն սուրբ օրը՝ Հայրս լծում էր արօրը, Հերկում էր ձեր դաշտն ու ձորը,_ Խօսէ´ք, Մշո´յ լեռներ, խօսէք, Խօսէ´ք լեռներ, ասէք, լեռներ, ձեզ կեանք տուվող Հայոց ձեռն էր: Որսի էինք ելնում էլօր Սիփան սարերն իմ հեռավոր, Հիմա որս ենք մենք վիրավոր,_ Խօսէ´ք Մասի´ս լեռներ խօսէք, Խօսէ´ք լեռներ, ասէք, լեռներ, Չէ՞ որ Սիփան սարը մերն էր: Դեռ էն գլխից ինչպես մայրը՝ Մեր աստուվածն էր Մասիս սարը, էս ի՞նչ դառավ հայ աշխարհը,_ Խօսէ´ք, Գրգու´ռ լեռներ, խօսէք, Խօսէ´ք լեռներ, ասէք, լեռներ, Չէ՞ որ Մասիս սարը մերն էր: Մեզ բաժանեց չար ոսոխը, Խլեց մեր ծովն ու մեր հողը, Ինչպէ՞ս չլայ ձեզ յիշողը,_ Խօսէ´ք, Հայո´ց լեռներ, խօսէք Խօսէ´ք լեռներ, ասէք, լեռներ, Հայոց գահը Մասիս լեռն էր: Հովհաննես Շիրազ

ԱՐԱՐԱՏ ՄԱՍԻՍ ARARAT MASIS The plot thickens . Did we learn the word “massif/masius” from the Latins, or did they learn from us? MASSIF CENTRAU/CENTAL According to one source the Armenian word for “massif” is “ Լեռնազանգուած/lernazangvats”, literally - mountainous mass, heap, pile.. And another defines “zangvats”, among others -”kuyt/կոյտ, mets/մեծ, մասսա”. Remember the modern “Armenian” word “massayakan? Here is what so called Hanragitaran says about the subject, by a certain S. Yeremian , who after the intro goes into ant-religious rant. Maybe some day we should have a festival of bonfire/kharouyk/խարոյկ a book burning festival to burn all those so called Soviet Books. Here is what that so called Hanragitaran says about the subject, by a certain S. Yeremian , who after the intro goes into anti-religious rant.… ՄԱՍԻՍ-Հայկական Լեռնաշհարհի ամենբարձր գագաթը… Հնում ՄեծՄսիսը կոչուել է Ազատ , իսկ իր կողքին Փոքրը Մաիսկամ Սիս[/b] The above from Hanragitaran , beside dismissing the fable of the Flood , they add that the early Christian Armenians, read “translators” confused the biblical land of Ararat with Masis , hence the world learned to call Msis as Ararat. Not to forget that Masis is a volcanic mountain that may re- erupt any time. Is this funny as his real name suggests? The most amazing is this Masis Araradian the cartoonist . Btw. It is not a nickname , it is his actual given name/surname. http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2008-02-23-the-pencil-is-mightier-than-the-sword http://www.massisart.com/ http://asbarez.com/53231/cartoonist-masis-awarded-hamazkayins-highest-medal/ http://www.skimountaineer.com/ROF/Beyond/Ararat/AraratNorth.jpg http://www.skimountaineer.com/ROF/Beyond/Ararat/AraratNorth.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/France_Massif_central.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/France_Massif_central.jpg We have often asked why the Sacred Armenian Mountain is at times called Masis and at other times Ararat. For a partial answer look here; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massif_Central http://www.francehotels.travel/wiki/images/d/d7/Le_Massif_Central.jpg At the risk of repeating myself. Ararat is the country and Masis is the summit itself. Please look again what the bible says… Mountains (plural)of Ararat And see how our translators said… ]4Եօթներորդ ամսի քսանեօթին տապանը նստեց Արարատ լերան վրայ: They did not translate correctly. They said the “Mountain(singular) of Ararat” instead of saying the “mountains(plural) of Ararat(the country)”.** The Grabar version has it more correctly when it says “lerins” plural. **Remember that the translators of the “common” language were not Armenians. They were foreign missionaries.

Maybe I should have posted this under category Comedistan. Now France. Who will be next? Do the so called muslim/furks of Bosnia and Albania wear such ridiculous rags. How many “street walkers “ in Paris wear the hijab** or burqa? **Many correspondents are pronouncing the word as “higab/hiqab” from the Sauudi./ Egyptian where the J is pronounced as G/Q. How many of those hijabed/burqaed” are in fact walkers of the streets of Paris? See why the modern furks say the more civilized word for prostitute is “fahisheh”, from the Farsi from Arabic فاحشه، =Obscene act, fornication. A long time ago, in Marash, a kamavor had been shot to death for raising the veil of a furkissh slut. ---- See what Ali Suat said here # 49 http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=1635&st=40 Peek a boo . I see you !!!Notice the woman in center second row who looks like Mother Teresa. http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00547/IN11_FRANCE_VEIL_BA_547898f.jpg ----

Louise, that is a wonderful article. Much history and culture. I can relate to much of it. Do you remember any more childrens’ songs? As I have mentioned there, many of the childrens songs were translations, reminiscent of Frere Jaques and the Alouette etc. Հաւիկ, հաւիկ սիրուն աղւոր հաւիկ Հաւիկ, հաւիկ ես քեզ պիտ փետտեմ…. ---- See #33 here; http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=10772&hl=songs&st=20 ---- And that Sunday School song Hisousi Yeg was a source of much amusement and at times a subject of derision. I did not know that it was a translation of “Come To Jesus “ by Rlias Riggs.. Here it is in full; Յիսուսի եկ Յիսուսի եկ այսօր Այսօր Յիսուսի եկ Կը փրկէ քեզ այսօր Հաաւատա դուն այսօր Ինք կարող է այսօր Ինք պատրաստ է այսօր Կընդունի քես այսօր Արդ փնտռէ զինք այսօր Ոհ կանչէ զինք այսօր “Ողորմէ ինձ” այսօր Կը լսէ քեզ այսօր Կը ներէ քեզ այսօր Կը մաքրէ քեզ այսօր Կը սիրէ քեզ այսօր Մի մերժեր զինք այսօր

I'm sorry. I thought this was under the topic of Comedistan. Where is our favorite legal eagle Gamavor, KIng of Bulgaria? Is he still digging into his favorite dish of "bulghur pilav"? Yeah right!!! The Bulgarians will get compensations in grains of "bulghur". Just as we will be compenstated in "khash/cash". When will we learn that we will get nothing more than bamia http://pested.ifas.ufl.edu/newsletters/february2008/Okra_22.jpg

Project/Mroject. Who knows the meaning of "crocodile tears"? What does “project” mean? To send more dollars so they can afford to pay for a passport and visa to get the HELL OUT? Hypocrisy? Is there a limit? What is the Armenian word for it? Every day (glendelians)former Gavaretsis, Goristis and Gumretsis come here and sing these songs. Can we hear them sing the same songs from Gavar, Goris or Gumri? Yes, yes. We know trcheyi mtkov tun”. How about “trcheyi marmnov tun”? ..... And then some of us bleeding heart former hayastantisis will post this day in and day after. If you miss Hayastan so much... Why am I here? I was not born in Gavar,Goris or Gumri. Համօ Սահեան – ”Հայաստան ասելիս…” Հայաստան ասելիս այտերս այրւում են, Հայաստան ասելիս ծնկներս ծալւում են, Չգիտեմ ինչո՞ւ է այդպէս: Հայաստան ասելիս շրթունքս ճաքում է, Հայաստան ասելիս հասակս ծաղկում է, Չգիտեմ ինչո՞ւ է այդպէս: Հայաստան ասելիս աչքերս լցւում են, Հայաստան ասելիս թեւերս բացւում են, Չգիտեմ ինչո՞ւ է այդպէս: Հայաստան ասելիս աշխարհը իմ տունն է, Հայաստան ասելիս էլ մահը ո՞ւմ շունն է… Կը մնամ, կը լինեմ

ԿԱՇԱՌ, ԿԱՇԱՌՔ Bribe The Armatakan does not say much, neither does it say about the origin of the word. Except- The Dictionary of Synonyms has this. ** I had known this word. It is used in the Marash Dialect. i.e “doggy bone”.*** http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h310/kukla1125/bone.jpg http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h310/kukla1125/bone.jpg *** Allow me to tell this true (?) story once again that was supposed to have happened in my neck of the woods. An stationռwagon-ful ****Armenian family was traveling on the highway to Boston. The young father was driving, the patriarch of the clan was in the passenger seat. For whatever reason the State Trooper stops them. License? OK Registration? OK Insurance? OK . Until the patriarch chimes in. “Sa shunin mi voskor nete azating- Սա շանը մի ոսկոր նետէ ազատինք/throw a bone at this dog” The trooper extends his neck into the car and says in Armenian- “Bayts ays shun@ voskor chi krtser/Բայց այս շունը ոսկոր չի կրծեր”. **** These days we know it as SUV. PS. What is the etymology of the English word “bribe”?

What are they smoking? Hummus and falafel? Remember this? http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=13369&st=0&p=162462&hl=hamastan&fromsearch=1entry162462 Some of us may see the day when jerusalem will be a big hummus stand and telaviv a falafel store.

:jerry: ?georgy georgy? Why is there even a "country" known as georgia? Who is that "george"? Don't tell me G W Bush, georgy porgy** as if he knew how to spell the word. ** http://news.am/pic/news/54620.jpg http://news.am/pic/news/54620.jpg 75 year old grandmother surgically severs fiber optic cables? One wonders if she can surgically trim her fingernails. Here is her picture; http://www.reporter.am/images/StandardImage/IMG_0153.jpg Note her alleged fictional name- Hayastan Shakarian?? And you thought the biggest comedians of the region lived in the west of Arax River or the east of Artsakh. Look who is competing for first place. --- Yesterday; http://news.am/eng/news/54563.html http://news.am/eng/news/54620.html