Ahmadinejad makes language law - pizzas are now elastic loaves
I couldn't make this stuff up: "KLAP (Keep Language Above Politics) is the hope for the world." via BlogCritics.org
I was being far more prophetic than I thought when I wrote "Immigrant Foods Threaten America" on Blogcritics. This is the power of words. We can only save the world from a fall into some kind of Mahmoud in Wonderland by opening borders freely to words of all origins. [snip]Answers Please has pages of words of foreign origin organized by the languages of their origin. It is a fine resource for those who will be joining the KLAP movement. (MORE)
Oh. My. Goodness. Sign me up.
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. source
"Hey lady! Did you order an Italian Sausage elastic loaf? Well here's the elastic loaf...and here's the Italian Sausage!"
ZZZZZIIIIIIIPPPPPPP
I believe Cheech & Chong would not approve.
Posted by: Macker | July 30, 2006 at 10:34 PM
Movie link! Yes. Great job finding that and thank you!
Posted by: Rastaman | July 30, 2006 at 09:33 PM
Off subject: WOW Debbie! Where did you find that film? There aren't enough adjectives to describe the feelings that film provokes. I am probably going to do a post on that. Thanks for the link!
Posted by: shana | July 30, 2006 at 09:06 PM
One would think they would have better things to do with their time. Those Jews arent going to exterminate themselves now are they? The Great Satan is on the loose and they revise their language? Come on Iran...Allah is counting on you!
(Thanks for the link to the film Debbie...good stuff....we posted it).
Posted by: Thor | July 30, 2006 at 06:39 PM
I seem to rember something about France doing this a few years back too.
It's fun being on the winning side of the culture war. :)
Posted by: GEBIV | July 30, 2006 at 05:04 PM
"elastic loaves"
Yummy ... but that elastic part has to be bad for the digestive system.
Now Iran have their own "pizza" Nazi ...
No "elastic loaves" for you ... yada, yada, yada
Posted by: jack | July 30, 2006 at 11:06 AM
Over 2000 words, huh? Oh, rooting them all out of the common-use language should be a snap. Sure.
I wonder how long it will take them to make everyone stop saying "okay" and "google".
Talk about total insularity, overt hatred of anything remotely non-Islamic, and complete nutjob fanaticism.
"Hello? Yes, I would like two large elastic loaves with little flat slices of Italian sausage, (can't say Pepperoni) olives and mushrooms." I can't even imagine how they would go about ordering a Big Mac, french fries and a Coke.
Speaking of overt, there's a lot of talk on the tube lately about bombing Iran.
Posted by: Rastaman | July 30, 2006 at 10:47 AM