There are some in Charlotte. They call themelves Persians.

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Post #434,587 by a6l6e6x 6/17/20 9:11:54 PM 6/17/20 9:11:54 PM Reply	There are some in Charlotte. They call themelves Persians. And once, I gad those pistachios. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #434,591 by Andrew Grygus 6/17/20 11:48:41 PM 6/17/20 11:48:41 PM Reply	Persians. One of my cookbooks (by an Iranian) explained in the introduction: the country has always been Iran. Persian is name Iranians were called by the Greeks. The writer said that today, due to the confused and unstable religio-political situation, many Iranians use "Iran" for the country and stuff regarding the country, but prefer "Persian" for matters of culture and cuisine.
Post #434,668 by CRConrad 6/21/20 7:25:22 PM 6/21/20 7:25:22 PM Reply	But the name for the language, "farsi", izzat their own or from the Grecians? (Channelling my inner Dubya.)
Post #434,669 by Andrew Grygus 6/21/20 8:28:25 PM 6/21/20 8:28:25 PM Reply	Looks like the Greeks weren't far off. The main region of Iran, and seat of empires, is Fars, the large province in the southwest, and that's where the language name comes from, but in old Persian (around 500 BCE), it was Pars, or Parsis.

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Is this-all so clear that everyone knows it? - (drook) - (1) - June 13, 2020, 09:19:34 AM EDT

It's pretty inescapable. - (Andrew Grygus) - June 13, 2020, 12:11:38 PM EDT

You have iranians!? - (crazy) - (5) - June 17, 2020, 12:46:50 AM EDT

Re: You have iranians!? - (Andrew Grygus) - June 17, 2020, 01:31:06 AM EDT

There are some in Charlotte. They call themelves Persians. - (a6l6e6x) - (3) - June 17, 2020, 09:11:54 PM EDT

Persians. - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - June 17, 2020, 11:48:41 PM EDT

But the name for the language, "farsi", izzat their own or from the Grecians? -NT - (CRConrad) - (1) - June 21, 2020, 07:25:22 PM EDT

Looks like the Greeks weren't far off. - (Andrew Grygus) - June 21, 2020, 08:28:25 PM EDT

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