> Perhaps no one knew the answer. Really.
> roozbeh
Oh!
I hadn't thought of that possibility.
-Connie
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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
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On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
> he confessed that he
> never knew that Farsi and Persian are the same word in two
> different languages.
Just let us know when we can start saying "Deutsch," "francais,"
"nihon-go," etc as well as "farsi" when speaking English. They are all
the "right"
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.
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, Baluc
tion of some Farsi users.
>
> 3- It may also give the impression that FARSI is a
> dialect of some parts of Iran and not the
> predominant (official) language of this country.
>
> 4- Fortunately, FARSI has never been used in any
> research paper or university document in any Western
> language and the proposal of its usage will create
> doubt and
