For what it's worth, I laughed at your Proto-Indo-European joke.
Also... is "Persian" the same thing as Farsi? I admit I'm a bit confused about the etymological history of Persia, which is quite tangled up in the country's political history.
Well, that seems obvious now that you've pointed it out; thanks. :D
I was under the impression that the "Iran" change was a product of the Islamic revolution (which still rankles a lot of Persians who have been displaced since then). As usual, the reality is probably even more complicated than I can comprehend.
I noticed you spelled “yall” without an apostrophe—THANK YOU! I’ve been doing this for years in an effort to make it a normal thing. It deserves to be whole and complete, and I don’t have as strong of a southern accent, so typing “y’all” is too intense to reflect my voice in writing/text.
For what it's worth, I laughed at your Proto-Indo-European joke.
Also... is "Persian" the same thing as Farsi? I admit I'm a bit confused about the etymological history of Persia, which is quite tangled up in the country's political history.
Persia is the English spelling of Farsi, which is the Persian word for Persia.
(Persian fārsī, from Fārs Persia.)
Well, that seems obvious now that you've pointed it out; thanks. :D
I was under the impression that the "Iran" change was a product of the Islamic revolution (which still rankles a lot of Persians who have been displaced since then). As usual, the reality is probably even more complicated than I can comprehend.
(And I also liked your joke, Jonathan! More bad puns, please!)
I noticed you spelled “yall” without an apostrophe—THANK YOU! I’ve been doing this for years in an effort to make it a normal thing. It deserves to be whole and complete, and I don’t have as strong of a southern accent, so typing “y’all” is too intense to reflect my voice in writing/text.