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.

Sounds yummy!

JaKe

wrote:
> 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.
>
> Sounds yummy!
>
> JaKe

Sort of like calling French fries Freedom fries. Fanatics all think
alike.

-L.

-L. wrote:
> wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > Sounds yummy!
> >
> > JaKe
>
> Sort of like calling French fries Freedom fries. Fanatics all think
> alike.
>
> -L.

Or like the decades-long efforts by the French academics to keep the
French language "pure." Purists all think alike. -aem

-L. wrote:
> wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > Sounds yummy!
> >
> > JaKe
>
> Sort of like calling French fries Freedom fries. Fanatics all think
> alike.
>
> -L.

That was my first thought, too. "Now who would be dumb enough to want
to change the name of a popular food for cheap political reasons?"
Without directly mentioning Freedom Fries.

" wrote:
>
> 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.

There was a period in Germany like this.
The telephone was introduced before this
period, so it's called a "Telefon" but
the television is called a "Fernsehapparat".

"Christopher Helms" > wrote in message
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>
> -L. wrote:
> > wrote:
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > Sounds yummy!
> > >
> > > JaKe
> >
> > Sort of like calling French fries Freedom fries. Fanatics all think
> > alike.
> >
> > -L.
>
> That was my first thought, too. "Now who would be dumb enough to want
> to change the name of a popular food for cheap political reasons?"
> Without directly mentioning Freedom Fries.
>

WWI had 'liberty cabbage' instead of sauerkraut.
-ginny

Jake provided:

> 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.

Well, they'd already renamed Danish pastries as "roses of the prophet
Mohammed." This is just the next logical step. I note that France has had a
similar effort underway for at least ten years.

Bob

"-L." > wrote in message
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>
> wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> Sounds yummy!
>>
>> JaKe
>
> Sort of like calling French fries Freedom fries. Fanatics all think
> alike.

Fanatics do NOT all think alike, and you're going to HELL for saying
that! (Just kidding.)

test
"Mordechai Housman" wrote in message
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> "-L." > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>>
>> wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Sounds yummy!
>>>
>>> JaKe
>>
>> Sort of like calling French fries Freedom fries. Fanatics all think
>> alike.
>
> Fanatics do NOT all think alike, and you're going to HELL for saying
> that! (Just kidding.)