The Cyrillic Alphabet
Originally uploaded by Errol_B
We owe the Cyrallic alphabet the Bulgarians. Apparently, it was developed here and not in Russia. I share this fact with you, because it provides me with a platform to talk about it from here.
I’m told it’s possible to “master” the alphabet over a one hour period of intense concentration in conjunction with a small additive of the magical ingredient of beer. I think the beer is just there to take the edge off. Given, the importance that this exotic and practical skill will have in my life, I have not gone through this exercise (bad Errol!). However, I expect that I have spent at least *fifteen minutes* to a *half hour* of my life sitting on street corners, and beside various signs trying to use my hard fought phonics skills to sound out incomprehensible street names, so that I can guess where I am in my roman alphabet map. Regrettably, I am making progress – so there may be something to this.
I feel very silly sitting on the corner looking at each symbol trying to understand what each character is, especially since everything has the same sounds in English, they just have different sounds. So, it’s possible. Hell, I could even learn Bulgarian which many less familiar sounds than the Slavic languages which contort my tongue.
It’s fun 