Uh... "Parev! Yes Amerigohee em."...?

[KanadaHye]

Re: Uh... "Parev! Yes Amerigohee em."...?

A couple of a days ago, I found out that for all you purists, you can go join the Mekhitarist order in Vienna or Venice, their ideological aim, at least until they were disillusioned by the dark side of our literary history which they took it upon themselves to study very rigorously, was to discover all the nooks and crannies of the "true Armenian", as it was spoken during the 5th century AD (Basically the language of our liturgy you hear in church, which at best is badly imitated by our clergy when they try to speak it in prose), so that they can revive it as the official language for all Armenians from all dialectal backgrounds, much the same way Israel revived Hebrew from thousands of years of death, since it's the "purest" language they could all agree would unite them.

Classical Armenian Basic Lessons http://vasntearn.blogspot.com/2010/0...-armenian.html

Also Classical Armenian to English dictionary http://www.archive.org/details/Class...nianDictionary

[Tali]

Re: Uh... "Parev! Yes Amerigohee em."...?

i think i just witnessed sibling rivalry. "Eastern's better! No, Western! Stop using Russian! Stop using Turk! (unison) Mommy!"
it was fun to read/watch thank you though for the input.

it reminded me of a conversation we had once upon a time in high school. my 10th grade year we had a British teacher. he would get confused by our language, as we got confused about his, though we both speak "English." Much like Eastern vs Western Armenian - sometimes you can get the gist of what they're talking about but words aren't always the same meaning (even if they're the same word).

oh, and before I forget, thank you Christina for the advice!
i actually haven't listened to W. Armenian music. can anyone recommend any? not an easy thing to ask around my neighborhood with no armenians..

I suppose that "purist" example is much similar to the debate in the Roman Catholic church if they should switch back to Latin instead of "by the language of the people" (local language) masses. Would end a lot of confusion between different churches I suppose but I think it would lose identity, just the same way as if there was no more Eastern vs Western Armenian.