Re: FarsiWeb Digest, Vol 7, Issue 1

2003-12-06 Thread Sam Baran
I opt for Farsi than Persian for the dominant language, used in the present Iran and the colonies abroad. Iran is a nation of multi-language cultures: Fars, Khuzi, Baluch, Turkman, Kurd, Armani, Asuri, Yahudi, Gilaani, Azari, Lor, and others. The Iranian nationalities have their own

Re: FarsiWeb Digest, Vol 7, Issue 1

2003-12-06 Thread Roozbeh Pournader
On Sat, 2003-12-06 at 20:07, Sam Baran wrote: I opt for Farsi than Persian for the dominant language, used in the present Iran and the colonies abroad. It's not important what you or I opt for. That is an important point. Iran is a nation of multi-language cultures: Fars, Khuzi, Baluch,

Re: FarsiWeb Digest, Vol 7, Issue 1

2003-12-06 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Roozbeh Pournader wrote: On Sat, 2003-12-06 at 20:07, Sam Baran wrote: Moreover, Farsi is the name used by the Iranian government. No, Persian is the name used by the Iranian government. I assume he does not differentiate between the language he is speaking. I assume

Re: FarsiWeb Digest, Vol 7, Issue 1

2003-12-06 Thread Roozbeh Pournader
On Sun, 2003-12-07 at 02:34, C Bobroff wrote: And why didn't anyone answer Saber's PersianComputing questions last week? They were quite reasonable and on topic and even related to Persian computing! Perhaps no one knew the answer. Really. roozbeh

Re: FarsiWeb Digest, Vol 7, Issue 1

2003-12-06 Thread C Bobroff
Perhaps no one knew the answer. Really. roozbeh Oh! I hadn't thought of that possibility. -Connie ___ FarsiWeb mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/farsiweb