Comments on: 6 Foreign Expressions You Should Know

By: venqax

venqax — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:29:09 +0000

David: Given your upset with the imperialist oppression of the Europeans who robbed you of your Farsi, you might just show them a thing or two by moving to Farsiland, wherever that might be. I am always fascinated by people who come to a place, complain about it, and refuse to leave.

@Peter: I get similarly miffed at those sho call Burma Myanmar– a a name only the monstrous regime there promotes, not the Burmese people.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:32:35 +0000

David: Aside from the fact that the long-established English name of the language is “Persian”, google “Persian not Farsi” for a gazillion requests by native Persian speakers, including the The Academy of Persian Language and Literature (Persian sort of Académie française), to please stop calling their language “Farsi”.

By: maya

maya — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:41:48 +0000

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By: Valley~*

Valley~* — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 02:48:28 +0000

You know, the only times I have found myself using [sic] was when quoting from a professor lmao… good thing they took it lightly… :/

By: Lucy

Lucy — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:13:46 +0000

cul-de-sac – the expression comes from Catalan and not French, as one of my Catalan students pointed out. the word “cul” means the body part “bottom” (British English).