No more pizzas!
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 1:15 pm
Iranian president bans usage of foreign words
Official bodies ordered to use modified Persian words instead, reports say
Updated: 7:54 a.m. ET July 29, 2006
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.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14088447/
Official bodies ordered to use modified Persian words instead, reports say
Updated: 7:54 a.m. ET July 29, 2006
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.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14088447/