Arpa Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 (edited) ՎՐԻՊԱԿՆԵՐERRATA, ERRORS I missed again, why is that “bird” is still alive?;http://www.carlisle.org/wildlife/images/fox%20missed%20again.jpgThis is so irritating. Pick up an Armenian book, any book, be it in Armenian or any other language, look inside the back cover and see a loose paper labeled ՎՐԻՊԱԿՆԵՐ / Errata. The Armenian word for “error” is ՍԽԱԼ /skhal (the etymology is another matter) while վրիպակ (once again, needs etymology) in fact means “missed”(the target).**Why do Armenian books always have an addendum of “errata”?***Do the authors read their work before publication? Yes, we know that the author may be biased and blinded, but do they have a neutral second-third party editor proof read it ?***Another matter of concern. While most other publications have the Table of Contents at the front of the book, Armenian books consistently have it the last thing, even if they would be so kind to furnish it.Unless I am mistaken, I thought our Alphabet goes from left to the right, then why the Table of Contents is always at the most right of the book?Even more irritating. Take an Armenian , I mean scientific historical book and try to find the page referring to a certain name, place, incident… etc. , exceptions being true intellectual historians like R. Hovanisian. I have yet to see an Armenian book, be they literature, science or history wit an Index of names, places, happenings etc.Among many, the Encyclopaedia Britannica has whole volume 1200 pages of index, half of which is devoted to names, places etc. Why does not the Hanragitaran have such an index? Why do I have to turn 20,000 pages to find whatever? I should be thankful since more than half of such an index would be devoted to the likes ahmet, mehmet, hasan, alyevoghlu, all “members of the kom-kous” since 1912.Finally. If we are committing so many errors in our printed media, how many errors are we committing in our spoken media, i.e (un)diplomatic negotiations? **Even if both words are used alternately to mean “error”, there must be some subtle nuance.*** I am looking at book that has an addendum, a whole page, close to 50 of errata . If we err in a book of 50 pages, how many errors will we commit in a book of 50,000 pages?*** Yes, yes I know. I should heed to my own messaage. Often when I reread my posts I find many errors, be they simple typo-mechanical or lingo-contextual, simply because I have a self centered,biased view, but I would not commit those to the printed media before I read and reread,, and possibly have someone else read them. Edited April 12, 2010 by Arpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunt Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 And they say Armenians lack integrity. That's an errata of its own! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartonk Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 (edited) Another matter of concern. While most other publications have the Table of Contents at the front of the book, Armenian books consistently have it the last thing, even if they would be so kind to furnish it. I see I'm not the only one who finds this absurd. I'd mistakingly assumed it was just the method of the old guard. Call for a housecleaning... ...exceptions being true intellectual historians like R. Hovanisian. (I've called foul elsewhere, but nonetheless while his procedure may be up to par, Hovhanissian's overtly subjective treatment of outdated and at times outright incorrect information is disagreeable for a scholar of his position.) Edited April 16, 2010 by Zartonk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunt Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 (I've called foul elsewhere, but nonetheless while his procedure may be up to par, Hovhanissian's overtly subjective treatment of outdated and at times outright incorrect information is disagreeable for a scholar of his position.) And he busted my balls for not attending class. "It's nice to have you back. I missed seeing you sit in the back and stare outside the window." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartonk Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 And he busted my balls for not attending class. "It's nice to have you back. I missed seeing you sit in the back and stare outside the window." What class did you take with him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunt Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 I forget the exact title, but it was a general overview of Armenian history. And my friend has some more interesting stories involving him, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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