Monday, July 31, 2006

What's In a Name?

How very French:
Iran's president has ordered government and cultural bodies to use modified Persian words to replace foreign words that have crept into the language. In one example, "pizzas" will now be known as "elastic loaves."

Iran's official news agency says the presidential decree orders all governmental agencies, newspapers and publications to use words deemed more appropriate by the official language watchdog, the Persian Academy.
So, starting today, I suggest we do the same thing. Ahmadinejad shall now be known as 'lying Islamist terror-sponsoring asshole,' while Tehran will be known as 'Israel's next bomb testing facility.'

6abc.com: Iran President Bans Foreign Words