Via the AP: Iranian leader bans usage of foreign words
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.
What a nice, totalitarian move (of course, the French often engage in the same type of behavior).
I would share a few choice foreign words with Ahmadinejad right now, but this is a family blog.
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July 29th, 2024 at 11:16 am
One elastic loaf to go
See how evil Islam is. They want to do away with pizza!(Cue the sarcastic laughter)
July 30th, 2024 at 9:33 pm
I expect this decree to be about as effective as the Academie Francaise’s efforts to ban “le week-end” and “le parking” from the French lexicon.