Posted on 07/29/2006 4:54:22 AM PDT by Dallas59
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.
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.
The academy has introduced more than 2,000 words as alternatives for some of the foreign words that have become commonly used in Iran, mostly from Western languages. The government is less sensitive about Arabic words, because the Quran is written in Arabic.
Among other changes, a "chat" will become a "short talk" and a "cabin" will be renamed a "small room," according to official Web site of the academy.
Does he have any suggestions for US on how to eliminate the annoying "Press 1 for Spanish"?
(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)
In other news, the Western word "goat" will now be known as "bedroom companion."
Will the persian word "Suri" be used for "imaginary baby"?
Orson Wells was a seer.
5.56mm
And these people put up with this crap.
I dont want to hear any more about an Iranian uprising. Its Bull hockey.
This is humor right? From news agency of YahPOO?
"From now on the official language of the nation will be Swedish! And all citizens will be required to wear their underwear on the outside!"
"Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered government and cultural bodies to use modified Persian words to replace foreign words "
Hey Aladinjihad, how do you say F&*(& you a$$$*#&@!!! in Farsi?
Who knew he was french.
That won't happen. They've cleaned out the Army officers corps and rounded up privately owned arms.
I've made the same point before. Below is something I wrote about 6 months ago on the subject.
Over and over I hear the mantra about the majority of Iranians love the United States and yearn to be free of the bad old Mullah’s. If there are examples of this please feel free to post them. I see no indication a fundamentalist state can be overthrown from within.
Iran is no Poland in fact exactly the opposite situation exists in the two cases. In Poland you had an indigenous religious population being exploited by an aesthetic foreign force. Eventually the will to suppress fell apart. Iran views themselves as the religious faithful being attacked by the Godless west. We are basically saying that the masses of Iranians are yearning to be free, because they are denied McDonalds and western movies.
I don’t buy this, so I’m left with the fact that we are either to do nothing and when one of their surrogates manage another 9-11
I was wrong, it is true! New addition to tagline.
Leave him alone he thinks he's Chirac.
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That reminds me of an old Steve Martin routine:
I got me some hostages. Got them in a canvas bag at the top of a flagpole, and I intend to kill them at dawn if my three demands aren't met.
1. A million dollars in cash.
2. A getaway car.
3. The letter 'M' must be stricken from the English language.
You should always make one impossible demand. That way if you're caught you can plead insanity.
A getaway car! Hahahahaha!
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