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pshaw		2006-07-29 09:46:52 AM

Elastic loaves! Elastic loaves!

cowinmyunderpants		2006-07-29 09:47:03 AM

ishot2pac

"I wonder what word they will use in place of "Poontang"? Cooter perhaps or maybe snatch."

I believe it will now be known as vagina squirrel.

escapedlabmonkey		2006-07-29 09:49:01 AM

Shpadoinkle!

ButteryDamage		2006-07-29 09:49:29 AM

magores: I'm a Pre-K teacher. Have already taught my kids "Hello" and "Goodbye" in English, Russian, Spanish, Hawaiian.

Another one would be cool.

How about adding Korean to the mix:

Hello: Ahn-Nyung-Ha-Seh-Yo

Goodbye: Ahn-Nyung-E-Ga-Seh-Yo (Goodbye, when the goodbyee is leaving)
Ahn-Nyung-E-Geh-Seh-Yo (When you're leaving to say goodbye)

Of course, if you want to use the informal form (amongst themselves), just use the first two syllables.

\Shalom.

Pirate Anne O'Malley		2006-07-29 09:49:45 AM

alan holcome:Yeeesh! don't fuggin' thank her. or him or whatever it is.
it is obviously a douchebag that needs a hobby.

Oh, shut it. Just because you can't be arsed to spell-check--OR capitalize, I see--doesn't mean other people are as lazy as you. S'mitter made a mistake, was corrected politely and seemed to be thankful for the tip. If you're the one getting corrected, then you can go ahead and get your panties in a knot.

/perhaps the mistake was more of a stnank?
//got to stop watching HR

P.S.-Cassiopeia:c*ckmonkey.
You're wonderful.

esteban9		2006-07-29 09:50:34 AM

If not for the separation of church and state inspired by the founding fathers, the USA would resemble Iran's theocracy. Only Xian.

Cassiopeia		2006-07-29 09:51:04 AM

Magores
IIRC Hello is 'Salaam' and goodbye is 'Koda hafez', stress on the 'ez'.

cynicalbastard		2006-07-29 09:51:07 AM

Anyone else think that the current Iranian regime will eventually go the way of Ceauscesk- Couchizc- whatever the hell that Romanian guy was?

esteban9		2006-07-29 09:54:41 AM

wushupork: Where's Kemal Ataturk when you need him?

Moldering in his Ankara grave, alas.

Anagrammer		2006-07-29 09:56:03 AM

Feldercarb!

Lieutenant Scheisskopf		2006-07-29 09:56:55 AM

So what word are they gonna use for "freedom fries"?

Flaming Asshat		2006-07-29 09:57:35 AM

Feldercarb! Albequerqe! See, I can do it too. Snorkel!

Anagrammer		2006-07-29 09:58:05 AM

ishot2pac: I wonder what word they will use in place of "Poontang"?
Cooter perhaps or maybe snatch.

"Poontang" is being renamed "Pizza".

cfletch13		2006-07-29 09:59:58 AM

I could see the Iranian President losing his next election if more young people would vote.

littlered		2006-07-29 10:00:38 AM

'scuse me. I'm going to go have a short talk in my little room while munching a slice or two of elastic loaf...

/perfect tag, submitter - two snaps up!

kryfreeman		2006-07-29 10:05:02 AM

Magores
Cassiopea already beat me to it with the hello, but goodbye is actually pronounced "khoo da ha fez" with the "kh" sounding like you're bringing up a nice New York hello from the back of your throat and the "ha" being so quick it's almost not there.

This new development will be interesting, since the informal "thank you" that everyone uses in Persian is "merci."

frostcrow		2006-07-29 10:08:25 AM

ishot2pac I wonder what word they will use in place of "Poontang"?

Camel toe ?

Dread Pirate Slasher		2006-07-29 10:08:47 AM

Yeah, makes about as much sense as "Freedom Fries". When I heard that little jewel, all I could think of was "Aren't you guys out of grade school yet?".

Freedom Fries, indeed.

I say we ban all persian words!

Now, I'm gonna go change out of my pajamas, play a quick game of chess, then eat an orange..or maybe a lemon

zopi		2006-07-29 10:13:54 AM

Nuke, and pave.

oh...Nuclear..is a foreign word there.. assmonkey..whatcha gonns do fer that one?

Cassiopeia		2006-07-29 10:15:38 AM

Frostcrow
Bravo!

cfletch13		2006-07-29 10:16:11 AM

zopi
oh...Nuclear..is a foreign word there.. assmonkey..whatcha gonns do fer that one?

Dare I say...

GLASS PARKING LOT!

Crown Of Negativity		2006-07-29 10:17:11 AM

Splunge!

/Right, who's got a boil on his Semprini, then?

AuntNotAnt		2006-07-29 10:20:54 AM

I remember having to learn why the use of words such as "vigilante," "mesa," "chutzpah," and "klutz" by white Christians was racist. There it's, apparently, more racist not to use comparable words; of course, racism is good.

How would one spell these words in the Persian alphabet, anyway?

/ﭙﻴﺘﺜﺎ,ﺣﺎﺖ,ﮐﺎﺒﻴﻦ?

beoswulf		2006-07-29 10:22:09 AM

President Ahmadinjablahblahdirkabad also banned people from referring to him as "Mr A" "Supreme Leader A" or "that
crazy farkin, glow in the dark raghead in teh glass parking lot formerly known as Iran!!!1"

SlothB77		2006-07-29 10:22:48 AM

I'm going to have to agree with skwidd on this one:
The religion of pieces and the french now have something in common besides America-envy.

Europeans definitely envy the US. They just won't admit it. When I was in Germany and France, and when I hear stories from friends who visit Europe, it is always about meeting some girl (i am a guy) and after striking up a relationship, she privately confesses she wants to move to America and is tired of living in Europe. They are tired of riding around in scooters or wimpy cars, having to keep the lights off all the time to save electricity, having retail stores that are open 4 hours a day, 4 days a week and having only wimpy guys from which to choose from.

But, the eastern european girls i meet in Ocean City, MD (there are a lot of them there, for some reason) say after they finish college they all want to go back to Eastern Europe.

hdhale		2006-07-29 10:23:24 AM

markie_farkie

At least with the French the worst that can happen is that they surrender their nuclear weapons.

Iran on the other hand wants nukes to blow up Israel and blackmail neighboring Arab states into submission to the re-created Persian Empire.

Pardon me if I think that we should have taken care of that problem 20 years ago, and the only decisions an Iranian should be taking about language is how to communicate with the tribe in the cave on the next ridge after the US blew the whole farking country back to the Stone Age.

--h

atlanta_ufo		2006-07-29 10:25:58 AM

how come dictators seem to have black hair...hitler, statlin, mao, castro, among others, and now iranian president mahmoud

VushtrriBoy		2006-07-29 10:26:21 AM

Magores

Albanian greeting:

"Good Day" = Mire Dita (pronounced 'mere dee-tah')

Serbian greeting: Dobra Dan (pronounced 'doe-bra dawn')

beoswulf		2006-07-29 10:30:00 AM

atlanta_ufo

how come dictators seem to have black hair...hitler, statlin, mao, castro, among others, and now iranian president mahmoud

Fuhrer General Secretary Chairman El Presidente Bushiatler!!!1111

kryfreeman		2006-07-29 10:30:10 AM

Dread Pirate Slasher
LOL! I'll put on my khakis and drive my Dodge Caravan over, and bring the peaches and caviar. After chess, we can play poker. It'll be magic.

thisispete		2006-07-29 10:33:33 AM

Anybody remember how pissy Iran got when National Geographic printed maps referring to the Arabian Gulf (pops), rather than the Persian Gulf?

They musn't have a lot to be proud of, I guess.

Omnivorous		2006-07-29 10:34:24 AM

Prediction: it will drive Iranian teenagers to the acronym:

STFU Ahmadinejad

Iran FUBAR IYKWIM

A911 or AOTS (Ayatollah over-the-shoulder)

Anagrammer		2006-07-29 10:34:52 AM

No foreign words? How are they going to translate Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"?

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

Mouser		2006-07-29 10:36:50 AM

Ikam
Well, of course you are. Given that our nation was founded by hordes of "you Europeans" who endured grinding hardship and often mortal peril to get the fark out of Europe and find a new life here in America, isn't it obvious

Uh, things and places can change in 100 years you know.

True, which is why the US isn't importing many western Europeans these days. Lately we've found that Mexicans work harder and for less, and will no doubt make better Americans than the current shiftless lot Europe is producing.

Anagrammer		2006-07-29 10:36:52 AM

beoswulf: Fuhrer General Secretary Chairman El Presidente Bushiatler!!!1111

I thought the politically correct term was Chimpy McHitlerBurton.

tonesskin		2006-07-29 10:36:56 AM

J1

Just so you know, the Americans who "hate" Europoeans or who think things like this:

J1 You need to know, as a collective European entity, that we really, really don't give a wet shiat what you think, as long as we can still use your nations as tourist destinations and providers of excellent cheese.

Are the Americans that sane people laugh at. We enjoy having these people in our country because it keeps things interesting, gives us someone to laugh at, and makes a good comparison target when we are feeling down.

Strangely, I've never had a problem in Europe and most Europoeans I know don't have a problem with Americans. Of course, anyone who considers Europe to just be some vacation spot to piss on hasn't actually visited Europe...

Sumdumfarkr		2006-07-29 10:38:31 AM

Colloquial American greetig: fark you.

Sumdumfarkr		2006-07-29 10:40:56 AM

^greetiNg^

/greets all the spelling and grammar nazis thusly

ladbag_06		2006-07-29 10:44:07 AM

Just another silly Iranian attempt to attempt to ban our greatest export... Western culture. Good luck with that. Along with banning words, good luck with banning alcohol, satellite dishes, and flirting between the sexes.

tonesskin		2006-07-29 10:46:48 AM

Along with banning words, good luck with banning alcohol, satellite dishes, and flirting between the sexes.

And being fat.

AuntNotAnt		2006-07-29 10:47:02 AM

You can't look at "Europe" as a single cultural entity. The Iron Curtain is at least as much of a cultural divider as the Río, probably even more so. (The UK and Spain are both in Western Europe, after all.) Western Europe (Counting the Spanish Peninsula, the British Isles, Italy, and Scandinavia.) is the "Europe" we think of, especially the Netherlands. Even beyond the political instability of Eastern Europe, their culture is very, very "red-state." They've dropped the economic controls, but socially, most of them haven't really changed much since Perestroika, and when you combine the two...

LopEye		2006-07-29 10:54:12 AM

ha ha

Iran is stupid

nethole		2006-07-29 10:57:46 AM

How is this any more 'stupid' than replacing 'French Fries' with 'Freedom Fries'?

farkosaurus		2006-07-29 10:58:20 AM

beoswulf		2006-07-29 11:02:39 AM

nethole

How is this any more 'stupid' than replacing 'French Fries' with 'Freedom Fries'?

Weak troll, just replace "net" with "dumb arse"

savonola		2006-07-29 11:06:02 AM

I dunno what it is like in the rest of the country but here in Socal we have scads of European immigrants and wanna be immigrants and plain just "didn't go home after my visa expired" folks. They're Mostly from England and Ireland but also quite a few Germans and Scandinavians. They came out of the woodwork and into the bars in force during the World Cup.

Wolfy		2006-07-29 11:07:00 AM

Double plus good...

/scary

moonspirit		2006-07-29 11:09:40 AM

...and no way in hell we'd want to be like you. Which is entirely mutual I'm sure...

This is very true. I am not loud, impolite, obnoxious, thoughtless, or many other adjectives commonly attributed to the stereotypical American, but I *am* very open, honest, forthright and I don't beat around the bush when I have an opinion...I come right out with it, as tactfully as the circumstances warrant. Formality wastes time. I know some European cultures are more formal than others but from the German, Belgian, and English friends I have, I get the feeling that I would easily be seen as boorish and rude were I to completely be myself in most European countries. Oh well, my friends love me anyway. :)

If I were to visit Iran - which I never will because Muslims are all insane, say I with my sweeping generalization - I'd be dead in two days. Even if I *did* keep my head and face covered, there's no way I could keep my mouth shut forever. Pizza cabin iPod Levi's chat, OK, seeya!!

Mojosan		2006-07-29 11:11:23 AM

Thank goodness we were able to quickly turn this thread into an America bash.

/yea fark.

Munchausen's Proxy		2006-07-29 11:12:28 AM

j1 and Glascow
How is that unemployment working out for you? Here in the United States we are at low single digits and our economy is growing. Small business development is exploding and major manufacturers are building plants here.

Envy, you may not envy us, but you are certainly jealous of us - no matter where you are from, your government wishes they could be like ours, riding over an economy like ours and they would tax your populace into oblivion if they thought they could build a military like ours. America is hated because the Gulf Wars have shown that the United States can do whatever it wants, to whomever it wants whenever it wants and absolutely nobody in the world can say boo about it. Former world powers such as France hate us because we have relegated their whole society into no more than a tourist destination. France is not pissed because we invaded Iraq, they are pissed because they realized the insignificants of their official protestations.

At its height, was Rome so benevolent? What about England?

Blather all you want about not being jealous, but when the official line on building the EU is to challange the United States in economic power and political might, you are just being silly.

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