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.
I'm often amazed at the price of imported foods . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (11)
- June 12, 2020, 06:54:58 PM EDT
Most of us can't drive to Viet Nam on two gallons of gas
-NT
- (drook)
- (10)
- June 13, 2020, 12:26:45 AM EDT
That's to Viet Nam AND BACK on 2 gallons.
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (9)
- June 13, 2020, 02:31:22 AM EDT
Another.. ... Boffo! ;^>
- (Ashton)
- June 13, 2020, 07:07:14 AM EDT
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