And French is still language of educated class in some places in Levant, esp. Liban.

When I lived in Tehran in the late '70s people said "merci" to express thanks.

tralarpa 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They still do.

Armenia as well

	▲	lstodd 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		yup. shnorhakalutyun is a bit of mouthful :)