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Now he's just getting silly.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060729/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_foreign_words

Iranian leader bans usage of foreign words

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered government and cultural bodies to use modified Persian words to replace foreign words that have crept into the language, such as "pizzas" which will now be known as "elastic loaves," state media reported Saturday.
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The presidential decree, issued earlier this week, orders all governmental agencies, newspapers and publications to use words deemed more appropriate by the official language watchdog, the Farhangestan Zaban e Farsi, or Persian Academy, the Irna official news agency reported.





mmmmmm...Elastic loaves...

We're surrounded by retards.

Now he's just getting silly.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060729/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_foreign_words

Iranian leader bans usage of foreign words

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered government and cultural bodies to use modified Persian words to replace foreign words that have crept into the language, such as "pizzas" which will now be known as "elastic loaves," state media reported Saturday.
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The presidential decree, issued earlier this week, orders all governmental agencies, newspapers and publications to use words deemed more appropriate by the official language watchdog, the Farhangestan Zaban e Farsi, or Persian Academy, the Irna official news agency reported.





mmmmmm...Elastic loaves...


*lol

he ironic thing is that exactly such aboard is in operation in France, to "keep the language clean" :p

Well, I like the idea. For example, the word "Iran" isn't an English word, and some people have trouble pronouncing it. Some pronounce it like "I Ran". To clear up the confusion we could substitute an English word or phrase, like Massive Bombing Range, which would clarify the issue and eliminate problems with pronunciation.

Meh ... it's their language ... let them do what they want with it.

Iceland and Quebec do the same thing. They don't want their language spoiled by English, which is a legitimate argument. I can't think of any Icelandic examples, but I think cell phone or maybe even telephone is something like "thing that annoys". In Quebec, hot dogs are called "chien chaud", while in France they use hot dog. Also stop signs say "ARRET", and in France it just says STOP.

Iceland and Quebec do the same thing. They don't want their language spoiled by English, which is a legitimate argument. I can't think of any Icelandic examples, but I think cell phone or maybe even telephone is something like "thing that annoys". In Quebec, hot dogs are called "chien chaud", while in France they use hot dog. Also stop signs say "ARRET", and in France it just says STOP.


i am sorry but quebec french is soooo poluted with english....most of us just call it frenglish now. It is the signs for privately owned companies, if you have a neglish sign bigger than the french one, you could get fined.

i should know i live in quebec. and we still call it hotdog here.

typical of a theocracy (theocracies are always run by nutcases)

typical of a theocracy (theocracies are always run by nutcases)


Uh-huh. How many Theocracies have you been able to study, lately?

There's been only 1 or 2 in the last century. 1 or 2 is still too many, but it isn't much of a sample.

Uh-huh. How many Theocracies have you been able to study, lately?

There's been only 1 or 2 in the last century.
yeah. iran and saudi arabia. and their leaders are both nutcases.

yeah. iran and saudi arabia. and their leaders are both nutcases.


Awright. Good point. My bad.

*lol

he ironic thing is that exactly such aboard is in operation in France, to "keep the language clean" :p


Beat me to it.

i am sorry but quebec french is soooo poluted with english....most of us just call it frenglish now. It is the signs for privately owned companies, if you have a neglish sign bigger than the french one, you could get fined.

i should know i live in quebec. and we still call it hotdog here.
Either you live in a more English part or my French teacher is wrong, but I did see "ARRET" signs and should have pictures somewhere.

language is always changing and evolving, it isn't stagnant. Trying to keep out words is dumb.

Well, I like the idea. For example, the word "Iran" isn't an English word, and some people have trouble pronouncing it. Some pronounce it like "I Ran". To clear up the confusion we could substitute an English word or phrase, like Massive Bombing Range, which would clarify the issue and eliminate problems with pronunciation.

Or people could just get educated, and stop being a hateful red neck warmongering wet dreamer, but I suppose that's too hard for some people....


I remember a leader recently in one of the former soviet republics, ordering Bread to be called his mother's name in tribute to her after she died.

Anyone calling it bread instead of his mother's name....they found themselves in trouble.

Well, I like the idea. For example, the word "Iran" isn't an English word, and some people have trouble pronouncing it. Some pronounce it like "I Ran". To clear up the confusion we could substitute an English word or phrase, like Massive Bombing Range, which would clarify the issue and eliminate problems with pronunciation.

Ironically, the word "Iran" has the same etymology as the word "Aryan"...

Ironically, the word "Iran" has the same etymology as the word "Aryan"...


How is that ironic?

It means: land of the Arians. Literally.

Changing Persia into Iran was just about the only thing done by the Shah that was actually popular.

How is that ironic?

It means: land of the Arians. Literally.

Changing Persia into Iran was just about the only thing done by the Shah that was actually popular.

It is ironic because so far I haven't seen any blonde-haired, blue-eyed Iranians... :)

It is ironic because so far I haven't seen any blonde-haired, blue-eyed Iranians... :)


Let's say that Hitler's appropriation of Aryan was slightly inappropriate.

Wiki it, me says.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan

In haste,

BM

Let's say that Hitler's appropriation of Aryan was slightly inappropriate.

Wiki it, me says.

I'm well aware of that, doesn't change the fact that it looks plain weird.

It is ironic because so far I haven't seen any blonde-haired, blue-eyed Iranians... :)

No ... but DAMN they can be sexy ...

http://www.persianmirror.com/images/famous/catherinebell6.jpg

:eek:

No ... but DAMN they can be sexy ...

http://www.persianmirror.com/images/famous/catherinebell6.jpg

:eek:

I firmly believe Roxana (the wife of Alexander the Great) was a hottie, too!

You think that sounds ridiculous? In the wake of the Mohammed catroons row, the Iranian confectioners' union ordered the names of Danish pastries to be changed to Roses of the Prophet Mohammed! (http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4724656.stm)

i am sorry but quebec french is soooo poluted with english....most of us just call it frenglish now. It is the signs for privately owned companies, if you have a neglish sign bigger than the french one, you could get fined.

i should know i live in quebec. and we still call it hotdog here.
well ive been to quebec and ive seen the people there call it chien chaud.

I firmly believe Roxana (the wife of Alexander the Great) was a hottie, too!

One can hope so. Persian women are teh hotness.

I heard there is a state in the former USSR in which the president outlawed certain words and replaced all of them with the names of either himself or his mother. You can just imagine how confusing that would be:

"Hey, where's my Bob?"
"Oh I left it inside the Bob by the Marjorie."

I heard there is a state in the former USSR in which the president outlawed certain words and replaced all of them with the names of either himself or his mother. You can just imagine how confusing that would be:

"Hey, where's my Bob?"
"Oh I left it inside the Bob by the Marjorie."
That'd be Turkmenistan. It's similar to North Korea's policies.

No ... but DAMN they can be sexy ...

http://www.persianmirror.com/images/famous/catherinebell6.jpg

:eek:

Not after they stone her to death for lewdness.

Not after they stone her to death for lewdness.

Umm .. she's still very much alive and doing just fine.

That's Catherine Bell. Actress from JAG.

Bone up a little on your Persian studies:

http://www.persianmirror.com/index.cfm

Try not to equate all of Iran with foaming at the mouth loonies.

typical of a theocracy (theocracies are always run by nutcases)

You mean like the freedom fries fad?

No ... but DAMN they can be sexy ...

http://www.persianmirror.com/images/famous/catherinebell6.jpg

:eek:
:eek: indeed.

I heard there is a state in the former USSR in which the president outlawed certain words and replaced all of them with the names of either himself or his mother. You can just imagine how confusing that would be:

"Hey, where's my Bob?"
"Oh I left it inside the Bob by the Marjorie."

Yeah, Turkmenistan. He's probably the most megalomaniac dictator ever, even more so than Idi "Conqueror of the British Empire" Amin. I mean, he named renamed bread after his mother.

...

He renamed BREAD after his MOTHER.

Meh ... it's their language ... let them do what they want with it.

The language doesn't belong to the Iranian Academy, it belongs to the Fahrsi speakers, and if they want to use English loan words then that is their right. The state has no Right to be in our tongues.

It's like any kind of purge, be it language or people: the only way to be ultimately sucessful is to eliminate everything and everyone.

Besides, why aren't they just preventing people from manufacturing and consuming pizza anyway?

You mean like the freedom fries fad?
no. how theocracies try to make stupid descisions. like there was some other thread about how some 16 year old girl from iran was sentenced to death after being raped.

no. how theocracies try to make stupid descisions. like there was some other thread about how some 16 year old girl from iran was sentenced to death after being raped.

Now, you see, these two things are seperate levels of stupidity. The rape issue is because of a sucky judicial system making it nearly impossible to prove it was a rape and a penal system geared by moralizing fundamentalists, something not limited to Iran. It's the whole holier than thou mindset. Doesn't matter what religion.

Renaming stuff because you don't like it or the people it's associated with on the other hand, is just plain retarded. At least they didn't rename Pizza into something like "Frisbee of Islam".

Farsi is an Indo-European language, so pretty much every word in it is indirectly related to the other languages in its family by their common ancestor tongue.

Either you live in a more English part or my French teacher is wrong, but I did see "ARRET" signs and should have pictures somewhere.

The Arret signs are everywhere in Montreal. On the other hand, that's about the only place on earth where you will hear kids say "C'est du fun, ca" :D

I think its time for everybody on the planet to simultaneously rise up against their governments and establish fresh ones. Clearly inbreeding has reached a new high >_>

If you want people to stop using the word pizza in Iran... you'll prolly have to chop off plenty of tongues...

Now he's just getting silly.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060729/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_foreign_words

Iranian leader bans usage of foreign words

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered government and cultural bodies to use modified Persian words to replace foreign words that have crept into the language, such as "pizzas" which will now be known as "elastic loaves," state media reported Saturday.
ADVERTISEMENT

The presidential decree, issued earlier this week, orders all governmental agencies, newspapers and publications to use words deemed more appropriate by the official language watchdog, the Farhangestan Zaban e Farsi, or Persian Academy, the Irna official news agency reported.





mmmmmm...Elastic loaves...what was that they decided to call the Danish Pastry?

Ahh thanks, I knew someone would post that.
You think that sounds ridiculous? In the wake of the Mohammed catroons row, the Iranian confectioners' union ordered the names of Danish pastries to be changed to Roses of the Prophet Mohammed! (http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4724656.stm)

This decision was doubleplusunsmart.

Yeah, Turkmenistan. He's probably the most megalomaniac dictator ever, even more so than Idi "Conqueror of the British Empire" Amin. I mean, he named renamed bread after his mother.

...

He renamed BREAD after his MOTHER.

He just got sick of his mom being lonely, now she gets eaten several times a day. ;)

Recently I had a "short talk" with my friend in my "small room" in the woods over a lunch of "Freedom Fries" and "Elastic Loaves". In this discussion we discovered one shocking truth, Elastic Loaves is people!:eek: :D

Umm .. she's still very much alive and doing just fine.

That's Catherine Bell. Actress from JAG.

Bone up a little on your Persian studies:

http://www.persianmirror.com/index.cfm

Try not to equate all of Iran with foaming at the mouth loonies.
actually, most of iran isn't foaming@the mouth loonies, just pretty much anyone in a meaningful position of power.