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vanity-Why do Iranian police jackets have "police" written in English?
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Posted on 06/21/2009 8:47:03 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch
Doesn't Tehran hate all things Western?
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: english; iran; language; leo
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To: johnthebaptistmoore
I suppose Sting might be selling excess Police tour jackets.
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posted on
06/21/2009 9:22:25 AM PDT
by
InvisibleChurch
(Trailer of "33 Minutes", video by Heritage.com - http://www.heritage.org/33-minutes/)
To: InvisibleChurch
My guess is that there are a lot of westerns there working in the oil industry and English is kind of the universal language of the west?
To: InvisibleChurch
In the late 1950’s, my father wrote the obituary of the international language movement (you remember, Esparanto, and all that stuff). The key sentence was “There is an international language: English.”
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posted on
06/21/2009 9:42:32 AM PDT
by
The_Reader_David
(And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
To: King Moonracer
Its what they’ll wear here, when the riots begin in this country.
= = =
DING! DING! DING!
We have a winner!
Though probably our tax dollars bought them for the thugs . . . ordered by OThuga, of course.
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posted on
06/21/2009 9:55:17 AM PDT
by
Quix
(POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
To: BenLurkin
"Because it is all being filmed on a set. Like the fake moon landings."
To: SiVisPacemParaBellum
“Police” in Farsi means We’re from the government and where here to help you. In English, the word is “Democrat.”
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posted on
06/21/2009 10:00:21 AM PDT
by
nufsed
(Release the birth certificate, school and passport records.)
To: InvisibleChurch
English is the international language. For universal functions like police, they use English and usually the spelling in the official language of the country.
It is the same with the word Taxi and ATM.
And if you are buying a computer, you will be amazed at how many English words have migrated into the local language (CPU, hard drive, etc).
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posted on
06/21/2009 10:04:41 AM PDT
by
gogov
To: Scutter
Great site. Do they sell to the general public as well?
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posted on
06/21/2009 10:16:04 AM PDT
by
Utilizer
(What does not kill you... -can sometimes damage you QUITE severely.)
To: InvisibleChurch
They also have it printed on their riot shields and many Persians speak English as well. Who knows and why does it matter?
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posted on
06/21/2009 10:19:51 AM PDT
by
calex59
To: johnthebaptistmoore
They also wrestle. They were invaded by Alexander the Great too.
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posted on
06/21/2009 10:20:36 AM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(Prince Arugula and Lady Armpit, AKA BO & MO are driving me batty!)
To: 12Gauge687
Since France used to trade more with Iran under Chirac, uniform items could have come from France, where the spelling of ‘Police’ is identical to English. Yes, that is the obvious explanation. France has long had a healthy export business in military and para-military gear. The police shields and uniforms were undoubtedly from those French sources - perhaps even surplus hand-me-downs.
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posted on
06/21/2009 10:36:28 AM PDT
by
Charles Martel
("Endeavor to persevere...")
To: Utilizer
Great site. Do they sell to the general public as well?
Yes, they do.
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posted on
06/21/2009 11:28:51 AM PDT
by
Scutter
To: Scutter
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posted on
06/21/2009 11:31:35 AM PDT
by
Utilizer
(What does not kill you... -can sometimes damage you QUITE severely.)
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