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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:42 AM Original message |
Iranian leader bans usage of foreign words |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Elastic loaves? They need more creative word police. |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. How about "sauce and cheese discs?" |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. they should talk to the french. |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 09:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Indeed |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 08:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. mmmmmmmmmm...elastic loaves |
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jayctravis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-30-06 04:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. It probably makes a lot more sense natively. |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. Another idiot in a position of power. |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. Exactly. Or "English only". Look for rpigs to follow suit, by eliminating |
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MrPrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 10:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Touche! |
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RoseMead (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. I always enjoy seeing proof |
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LiberalVoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. Idiot nt |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
8. Reads like an Onion article. What a nutjob. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
9. Actually, it reminds me of the English Only nuts |
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Gully Foyle (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
10. Wake up |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 08:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. that's my thought too |
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Greeby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
11. This has gotta be the Onion, right? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
13. sorry Iran--but you cannot put the Jeanni back in the bottle. |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
14. Jihad Fries ??? |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
16. Anyone remember the story "Iran Makes Jews wear symbols"? |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
17. reminds me of the French |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 09:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. this is BS, sorry |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 10:30 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. where would English be without French phrases |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 11:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. well, it's a fine distinction at best. |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. I'll take your word for that, but really doubt it |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-30-06 05:50 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Can't reach L'Academie on le weekend |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
18. Ban all Persian words from the English language |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 08:56 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. serendipity is persian? i thought it was from sri lanka |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 09:26 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. the toughest for fundies is Paradise.... |
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AliceWonderland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 10:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
29. No thanks, I don't think I will. |
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sgxnk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
22. france does the same thing |
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Flagg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 11:07 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Chose to completely ignore post #20 huh ? |
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sgxnk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. nope |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I have a different reading than yours |
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sgxnk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-30-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. here are three cites to support my claim |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
24. This should sound familiar and comforting to the Republicans |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
25. I guess Ahmadinejad has read 1984 too |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
26. Does he want any "freedom fries" with that? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. exactly! language police = theocracy |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
33. One pepperoni and sausage elastic loaf, please. And can I get extra |
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BayCityProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. If this is true this |
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MGD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
35. Good for you Ahmedinejihad, isolate your country from the world even more |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-30-06 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
40. You mean like Quebec? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-30-06 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
43. Diet Cola? |
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