I don't know how you got to the page, but it is about the the Arabic *language* in Iran. The (almost) correct Persian page is at:
http://oss.software.ibm.com/cgi-bin/icu/lx/en_US/?_=fa_IR (which is done partially by me.) roozbeh On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 05:01, Ali A. Khanban wrote: > Hi, > > Have a look at: > http://oss.software.ibm.com/cgi-bin/icu/lx/en_US/?_=ar&d_=en_US&_r=IR&; > > Maybe we need to submit the draft version to correct this. Anyway, as > long as there is a note, it should be OK to refer to script as Arabic, > though I still prefer something like "Perso-Arabic". > > Best > -ali- > > C Bobroff wrote: > > >On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Ali A Khanban wrote: > > > > > >>Well, that has the same author(!), so it doesn't count. > >> > >> > > > >Do a google search for "pashto perso-arabic" to see that many authors > >think Pashto is written in the Perso-Arabic script. > > > >Then do a google search for "pashto arabic script" and you'll see with > >just a quick glance that most further explain that it is *modified* Arabic > >script or called *Perso-Arabic.* > > > >If you're writing in English, you'd better not say simply "Arabic script." > > > >-Connie > > > > _______________________________________________ PersianComputing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
