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EVEN MORE DUMB THAN 'FREEDOM FRIES'

July 29th, 2006 at 11:44 pm | Current Affairs

Those crazy Iranians . . .

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.

An elastic loaf with round meat patties sounds awesome right now. I’m so hungry.

Via the Associated Press.

JAB

6 Responses to “EVEN MORE DUMB THAN 'FREEDOM FRIES'”

  1. Lisa// July 30th, 2006 at 9:32 pm

    blogghopped from a comment you left on generation x-pose. Couldn’t agree more. Nice blog :-) Will come back when I have time to look around a bit more.

    Elastic loaf…Yummmmmm…sounds awesome. I’m guessing college or a really inept cook for a mom.

  2. Josh// July 31st, 2006 at 9:09 pm

    Nah, my mom’s a pretty good cook, but I’ve been on a pizza kick the last two weeks: seven or eight times from as many different sources.

    Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I happened upon Gen X-Pose, clicked around, and decided that the people posting there annoyed the hell out of me. The sheer arrogance of some of them was staggering.

    JAB

  3. Ryan// August 1st, 2006 at 1:30 pm

    Freedom Fries never caught on here. Wonder if “Elastic Loaves” will catch on in Iran. Probably, forcibly.

    Ryan

  4. Josh// August 1st, 2006 at 10:15 pm

    I’m sure you’ll see “elastic loaves” in all Iranian state-run paraphernalia, but I bet the Iranian public are collectively rolling their eyes.

    Argh! “Freedom fries” still has the power to piss me off.

    JAB

  5. nathan// August 2nd, 2006 at 5:30 pm

    WTF!!!1 U TOTALLY DIDNT POST MY LSAT COMMENT! U DENIED IT OR WAT?!
    APPRENTLY MY OPINON DOESNT MEEN SH!T!

  6. Josh// August 2nd, 2006 at 7:30 pm

    Did I really not post your comment? I wonder if I deleted it accidentally. If I did, I’m sorry.

    Goddamned comment moderation. They should call it “comment aggravation!”

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