Parazit: Mehdi Khazali

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07-Oct-2011
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Parham

ژست نمیگیریم که...

Parham
Sat Oct 08, 2011 07:21 PM PDT

The person who reads her text as Torento instead of Toronto sounds far from being a grandma or someone who doesn't know any English! Heck, I doubt they hired someone from aghsa-noghate Iran to read that text!
But I know what you mean about "camputer" -- I had a colleague who, until the end of his life, called it just that. He was also unhappy that they didn't make him boss of a foreign company in Iran, but I guess that's another story...

Anyway, y'all, it's TorOnto, dammit! At least when you immigrate, you could try to pronounce it correctly, especially if you live there?

And let the Americans call us Eyerainians, we murder their language too often to not let them do that. "Inja Vashangton?" "Hey, Esteeve!"...


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Soosan Khanoom

پرهام ، حالا نمی خواد زیادی ژست بگیری

Soosan Khanoom
Sat Oct 08, 2011 09:44 AM PDT

Do not expect the Iranian grandmas or even any other of us for that matter learn the right pronunciations  ....  Further more stop bashing our beautiful accent ... . LOL

Why don't you instead ask these Americans, who have been spying on Iran for ages and have been interfering their butts off with the Iranian's affairs  to stop calling us  EYE_ranians .... When are they going to learn?  

 

 


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sseyedian

حرف اساسی‌

sseyedian
Sat Oct 08, 2011 09:14 AM PDT

حرف اساسی‌ اینه که آزادی آیا یک مسئولیت هستش یا یک حق و بعدش اینه که پرونده ما چه وضعی داره....در ضمن اینکه ما سواد یک تریلیارد به جای هزار میلیارد گفتن را هم باید یاد بگیریم

 


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Faramarz

Parham

by Faramarz on Sat Oct 08, 2011 08:15 AM PDT

Parham,

Iranians who do not speak English well, have all kinds of variations for the letters "o"  or "u" in certain words. For example, they say camputer, instead of computer or mashroom instead of mushroom.

And the funny thing is that they think that they sound very sophisticated!


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Parham

I mean...

by Parham on Sat Oct 08, 2011 07:02 AM PDT

... "Landan" is understandable, as it was imported ages ago, long before anyone could even speak any English.


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Parham

Or...

by Parham on Sat Oct 08, 2011 07:01 AM PDT

... maybe because it sounds like "Sorrento"? : )


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Milan

Phonetic laziness!

by Milan on Sat Oct 08, 2011 06:59 AM PDT

I wonder if it has something to do with the succession of short and long "O" sound. Another victim is LAndAn.


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Parham

Another thing I don't understand

by Parham on Sat Oct 08, 2011 05:43 AM PDT

Why is it that Iranians, even those who live in Toronto or who visit that city frequently, pronounce the name as "TorEnto" instead of "TorOnto"? WTF?


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Parham

I don't understand

by Parham on Sat Oct 08, 2011 05:15 AM PDT

Khazali made this interview from Iran? In the beginning of the show Kambiz says he's in Iran...


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masoudA

Dear Mr. Khazali

by masoudA on Sat Oct 08, 2011 08:09 AM PDT

As much as I respect your courage for doing what you do - for your sake I must tell you: Secularism is not a belief - it is a foundation.  


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saeb

آنان که تجربه‌های کذشته را به خاطر نمیاورند

saeb
Fri Oct 07, 2011 03:56 PM PDT

درست همون ز‌ر و ز‌ر امامش را میزانه،فقط دروغ و ریا.اگر قدرت بگیره اول همون بهایی هم سلولی را میکشد.آنان که تجربه‌های کذشته را به خاطر نمیاورند محکوم به تکراراشتباهند 


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