No more "Pizza" in Iran

[JustRalph]

Iranian Leader:
'Pizza' to Be Called 'Elastic Loaves'
in Foreign Word Ban
Saturday, July 29, 2006
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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.
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*This was a Presidential decree.........is this guy bored or what?

[46zilzal]

this is not limited to that country. Many countries have governing bodies which meet each decade to revise the language.

[Tom]

For many contries, this the full extent of thier capabilities!
Sucs to be a POS country smaller than many states.
Call it arrogance, but a bunch of losers with a flag is no cause for any respect.
We got gangs in this country more powerful tham many countries.

[kenwoodallpromos]

Main article: Iran naming dispute
Persia has long been used by the West to describe the nation of Iran, its people, and its ancient empires. It derives from the ancient *********Greek***** name for Iran's maritime province, called Fars in the modern Persian language, Pars in Middle Persian and Pārsā in Old Persian, a word meaning "above reproach". Persis is the Hellenized form of Pars, and through the Latinized word Persia, the other European nations came to use this word for the region.

This area was the core of the original Persian Empire. Most foreigners referred to the state as Persia until March 21, 1935, when Iran formally asked the international community to call the country by its native name; the Aryan tribes who formed the country in the Achaemenid era united the plateau in that region and had called the country Iran at its birth. In 1959, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi announced that Persia and Iran can be used interchangeably.

[Tom]

What's next....."Iraq of Lamb?" :lol:

[Steve 'StatMan']

Time to Putt Putt to the Elastic Loaves Hut!

[JustRalph]

Time to Putt Putt to the Elastic Loaves Hut!
:lol: :lol: :lol: