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posted July 29, 2006 03:01 PM            

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Saturday, July 29, 2006 8:39 a.m. EDT
Iran Prez: Turning Pizzas Into 'Elastic Loaves'

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://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/7/29/84700.shtml?s=ic

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posted July 29, 2006 03:29 PM              

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i heard theyre also gonna start calling fried potato wedges "reprocessed uranium rods" =P

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On March 11, 2003, Representatives Robert W. Ney (R - Ohio) and Walter B. Jones, Jr. (R - North Carolina) declared that all references to French fries and French toast on the menus of the restaurants and snack bars run by the House of Representatives would be removed. House cafeterias were ordered to re-name French fries as "freedom fries". This action was carried out without a congressional vote, under the authority of Congressman Ney's position as Chairman of the Committee on House Administration, which oversees restaurant operations in the house. The simultaneous renaming of French toast to "freedom toast" attracted less attention.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_fries

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posted July 29, 2006 03:31 PM              

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STATEMENT BY PRESS SECRETARY FLEISCHER INTRODUCING REVISED FEDERAL FRANCE-BASHING STANDARDS & GUIDELINES
White House Press Briefing

http://www.whitehouse.org/news/2003/022503.asp

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posted July 29, 2006 05:58 PM            

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Nice try Petron but no cigar for your phony white house press briefing.

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posted July 30, 2006 02:57 AM              

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Elastic loaves?? Couldnt they come up with a better name?

I think it's a kewl idea that they're creating new words to replace the foreign words into Persian. Urdu and Hindi seem to use a ton of English words. The English language is changing because of differnt cultures too.

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posted July 30, 2006 12:09 PM            

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A good word to replace the words Iranian President is "Crackers".

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posted July 31, 2006 01:39 AM              

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I wonder what the Iranian President ordered the "American President, GW Bush" to be changed to .

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posted July 31, 2006 07:12 PM            

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OMG.. I saw this and laughed so hard. That man has total brain rot. Why would someone get their panties (or whatever undergarment they wear) in a bunch of a few Western words?

Elastic loaves... LMAO.. what a complete idiot.

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posted July 31, 2006 07:27 PM              

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Pid says...

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Elastic loaves... LMAO.. what a complete idiot.

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yeah! kinda like "Freedom Fries," huh?

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