Iran Bans Use of Words Like 'Chat, Pizza'

[Amused]

Iran's Leader Bans Use of Foreign Words

TEHRAN, Iran (July 29) - 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.

 

[I Saw OJ]

Lets all go stay at my small room in the woods!

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: I Saw OJ
Lets all go stay at my small room in the woods!

and short talk over some elastic loaves.

 

[ForumMaster]

WTF? he's just making them hate them. in hebrew, there's this organization that makes up words. some have stuck but most haven't. and what happens if the iranians use these words? jail? he's just making it worse for him.

 

[rhino56]

maybe we should remove the word iran from the planet.

 

[Quasmo]

Originally posted by: rhino56
maybe we should remove iran from the planet.

FIXED

 

[sniperruff]

so, calzone, holla, and crib is still in effect, right?

 

[BrianH1]

france has a government agency that tries to protect the french language from any foreign/English words from creepign in.

 

[CrackRabbit]

Language is fluid and no amount of regulation by some ass backward country is going to change it.

 

[PottedMeat]

Is this crap actually widely enforced? Doesn't the Iranian public love western stuff - even our crap - privately?

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
Language is fluid and no amount of regulation by some ass backward country is going to change it.

tell that to France and Canda.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
Language is fluid and no amount of regulation by some ass backward country is going to change it.

tell that to France and Canda.

we get our language from England. where the hell do you get yours from? and what the hell is "Canda" ?

 

[Ronstang]

It is time the world bans the Iranian government and gives the country back to the people. The face of that country shown by Ahmedinejad and his cronies is not the one the vast majority of the people wear.

 

[TallBill]

Gee, I wish that I lived there :roll:

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
It is time the world bans the Iranian government and gives the country back to the people. The face of that country shown by Ahmedinejad and his cronies is not the one the vast majority of the people wear.

Ah screw them, who cares. If they want to get rid of them let them do it themselves.

 

[bobdelt]

But the street vendors still take american dollars!

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
Language is fluid and no amount of regulation by some ass backward country is going to change it.

tell that to France and Canda.

I believe France only defines the language for the purposes of official documents. Anyone else can use any words they want.


Really, I couldn't care less if Iranians are allowed to say pizza.

 

[amdforever2]

Freedom fries anyone?

 

[Dualist]

I guess that goes to show that their society over there is completely different than ours.

 

[CrackRabbit]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
Language is fluid and no amount of regulation by some ass backward country is going to change it.

tell that to France and Canda.

Doesn't matter the language that the people speak is still fluid, changing constantly.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
Language is fluid and no amount of regulation by some ass backward country is going to change it.

tell that to France and Canda.

Canda...I'm not even going to address that.

Oh, and I suggest you take a better look at the English your country uses before talking about others.