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| Extreme Fan   Joined: Jan 2002
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| Iranian leader bans usage of foreign words Quote:
Is this guy teetering on the edge here? Seriously, how exactly does he think the word pizza is going to corrupt Iran? | |||
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| Administrator   | Man, talk about micromanaging a country, decreeing that "foreign" words should be changed. Hey, pass those Freedom Fries!  __________________ The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it—and the glow from that fire can truly light the world. | |||
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| Master Fan  Joined: Oct 2000
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| I think changing the name of a menu item in your own cafeteria is a little different from legislating how language is to be used in the news media. If you want a Western example of this idiocy, look at Quebec. No Quebec premier, however, has ever vowed to exterminate an ethnic group, so the comparison will have to be limited to stupid language laws. __________________ The Universal Friendship League? Could it sound any creepier? | |||
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| Extreme Fan Joined: Jan 2002
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| LOL, Jerry. Language is a powerful tool but you'd think people had better things to do then rename french toast or pizza. | |||
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| Master Fan   | . __________________ Last edited by sum1; 03-15-2008 at 12:52 PM. | |||
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| Master Fan  Joined: Jan 2002
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| Yeah, we might have ridiculous battles over apostrophes here, but at least we don't go around preaching genocide. It's not quite the same thing. __________________ (i do not know what it is about you that closes and opens;only something in me understands the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses) e. e. cummings - somewhere i have never traveled | |||
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| Extreme Fan  Joined: Dec 2000
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| Don't the French do something simillar? Of course, French people are free to ignore the decrees. __________________ Is this because I'm a lesbian? | |||
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| Extreme Fan Joined: Jan 2002
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| I read that Chirac once stormed out of a meeting because the speaker addressed the crowd in English rather than French because he said English was the language of business. | |||
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| Fan Forum's Finest  | I think Iran (or any other nation in the world) has more pressing problems than language. What has gotten into this guy's mind? __________________
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| Master Fan Joined: Oct 2000
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__________________ The Universal Friendship League? Could it sound any creepier? | |||
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| Addicted Fan  Joined: Mar 2005
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| Is Bush the new Iranian leader? __________________ THANK GOD, I'M AN ATHEIST (L.Bunuel) Don't dream it...be it Television man is crazy saying we're juvenile delinquent wrecks, man I need TV when I got T.Rex? | |||
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