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The author is Israeli; my Hebrew is worse than my Arabic is worse than my Farsi, which is pretty bad, but the grammatical mistakes seem pretty typical of the im
by HillRat 11y ago
The author is Israeli; my Hebrew is worse than my Arabic is worse than my Farsi, which is pretty bad, but the grammatical mistakes seem pretty typical of the impedance mismatches between Hebrew and English.
- nugga 11y agoSlightly offtopic, but in English it's called Persian, not Farsi. You probably wouldn't say "my Deutsch is worse than my Francais".
- dasil003 11y agoReally? I worked for an Iranian-American for 2 years, and my aunt 30 years in the state department stationed in various locations in the middle east—both refer colloquially to Farsi. I don't think it's in the same category as French and German.
- nugga 11y agoAccording to this it is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language#Etymology
- ScottBurson 11y agoRight at the top of that section: "Since the latter decades of the 20th century, for political reasons, in English and French, Farsi has become the name of the Persian language as it is spoken in Iran." And a little farther down: "In English, this language has historically been known as 'Persian', though 'Farsi' has also gained some currency." So I don't think it's as clear as you suggest. I certainly recognize the name "Farsi", though I would not have known "Dari" (the name of the Afghan dialect).
- edanm 11y agoInteresting aside: I'm a native Hebrew speaker, and practically a native English speaker. I tend to notice grammatical mistakes in English. In this case, I didn't notice anything. It's probably because I was speed-reading, but I can't help but feel that it also has something to do with the fact that I've gotten used to the way Hebrew speakers tend to mangle English.