After spending some time at St. Lazzaro island (near Venice) to learn Armenian, famed English poet Lord Byron wrote (1816) to his friend Thomas Moore that “It [Armenian]… was a Waterloo of an alphabet.”

After spending some time at St. Lazzaro island (near Venice) to learn Armenian, famed English poet Lord Byron wrote (1816) to his friend Thomas Moore that “It [Armenian]… was a Waterloo of an alphabet.”