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Vafa Khalighi wrote:
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<div dir="ltr">A while ago, I insisted on using the word "Persian"
instead "Farsi". My friend, Shapour <font size="2"><span lang="EN-US"><b
style=""> </b>Suren-Pahlav from the circle of ancient Iranian studies
has written an article about this. You can see his article here: <a
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href="http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Languages/persian_not_farsi.htm">http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Languages/persian_not_farsi.htm</a></span></font></div>
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My earlier response to Vafa's message was, of course, in the spirit of
jest;<br>
however, a rather more interesting and salient point emerges from the<br>
very article that Vafa cites :<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span style=""><font size="2">This is
underlined by the Academy of Persian Language and Literature
(Farhangestān-e Zabān va Adab-e Fārsī) in Iran which clearly advocates
the use of the word ‘Persian’ not ‘Farsi’<a style=""
href="http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Languages/persian_not_farsi.htm#_ftn46"
name="_ftnref46" title=""><span style=""><sup>[46]</sup></span></a>:</font></span></blockquote>
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If the <span style=""><font size="2">Academy of Persian Language and
Literature </font></span> "<span style=""><font size="2">clearly
advocates <br>
the use of the word ‘Persian’ not ‘Farsi’<a style=""
href="http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Languages/persian_not_farsi.htm#_ftn46"
name="_ftnref46" title=""><span style=""></span></a></font></span>",
why does it then use the <br>
word <span style=""><font size="2">‘Farsi’ in its own name ("</font></span><span
style=""><font size="2">Farhangestān-e Zabān va Adab-e <b>Fārsī</b></font></span><span
style=""><font size="2">") ?</font></span><br>
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Philip Taylor<br>
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