From scott@houston.Geco-Prakla.slb.com Fri Apr 26 08:29:34 1996 Return-Path: Received: from sgppc48 ([163.185.13.215]) by houston.Geco-Prakla.slb.com (4.1/WANG-4.1) id AA03468; Fri, 26 Apr 96 08:28:51 CDT Date: Fri, 26 Apr 96 08:28:51 CDT Message-Id: <9604261328.AA03468@houston.Geco-Prakla.slb.com> X-Sender: scott@mailman.houston.Geco-Prakla.slb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: marie@hstn.expl.pgs.com, minney, obrien From: scott@houston.Geco-Prakla.slb.com (Scott MacKinnon) Subject: Fwd: Coincidence? I don't think so. X-Mailer: Status: R >Return-Path: >Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 00:56:53 -0400 >From: NIDURSAN@aol.com >To: INTLAWYER@aol.com >Cc: DLSY@aol.com, JIMAESLICK@aol.com, PG4872@aol.com, > scott@houston.Geco-Prakla.slb.com, ddowning@netscape.com, > boytrav@ix.netcom.com, dvogt@genencor.com, TJR2FOR5@aol.com, > heuer@hal-pc.org, MAS!MAS!LPerry@owenhlth.attmail.com, > PDPruitt@aol.com >Subject: Fwd: Coincidence? I don't think so. > >and you thought you had problems! >--------------------- >Forwarded message: >From: Julia_A._Cody/MDACC%MDACC@notes.mdacc.tmc.edu (Julia A. Cody/MDACC) >To: Charles_W._Nichols/MDACC@notes.mdacc.tmc.edu (Charles W. Nichols/MDACC), >Rhonda_F._Cade/MDACC@notes.mdacc.tmc.edu (Rhonda F. Cade/MDACC), >Karim_Virani/MDACC@notes.mdacc.tmc.edu (Karim Virani/MDACC), >Katy_(HALEK)_Hale@notes.mdacc.tmc.edu (Katy Hale), >Greg_Fredo/MDACC@notes.mdacc.tmc.edu (Greg Fredo/MDACC), >kate.allen@qm.sprintcorp.com (kate.allen), SheMuses@aol.com (SheMuses), >domino@io.com (domino), nance@hal-pc.org (nance), feinking@aol.com >(feinking), nidursan@aol.com (nidursan), bjacques@sccsi.com (bjacques), >73250.3451@compuserve.com (73250.3451), Nancy.Hernandez@chron.com >(Nancy.Hernandez), hkho@chevron.com (hkho), YIshida@bangate.compaq.com >(YIshida), read.johnson@usvgi.mail.abb.com (read.johnson), >71022.453@compuserve.com (71022.453), jsm@crl.com (jsm), Myrick@eworld.com >(Myrick), mdrubin@bga.com (mdrubin), >DAVID_(BMBDJS)_SCRIBNER_at_Alisamail%LOTUSXCHG@notes.mdacc.tmc.edu (DAVID >SCRIBNER at Alisamail), RFScruggs@aol.com (RFScruggs), luap@netropolis.net >(luap), jay@pollstar.com (jay), pls@tenet.edu (pls), fstop@netropolis.net >(fstop), PPI!HOU!KATHY@pptrlhou.attmail.com (PPI!HOU!KATHY) >Date: 96-04-25 14:51:07 EDT > >Keep these funnies coming, folks! It is one of my favorite things about an >election year! >-------- (thanks, John Moffitt!)-------- > >Tehran (Reuter) - For the past few weeks, the behind the doors discussion >at many Iranian newspaper and magazine publishing outfits seems to be >revolving not around political, social and economic issues, but the >spelling of Bob Dole's name instead. It turns out that the proper spelling >of the Republican Party's likely nominee, Dole, is exactly the same as >that of the word penis in Persian. "At first it might seem funny to some >people, but it's creating a serious issue for us. How can we write >headlines using that word?," said Majid Fanni, a prepress specialist at >a Tehran service bureau. > >Professor Hassan Khadem, a Persian literature lecturer at New York >University added "It's actually not a real problem. In Persian, certain >vowels are optional. [Therefore] they could write his name a couple of >different ways to avoid the ambiguity. But for an exact pronunciation, >'Dowl' as opposed to 'Dol', well, they'd have to spell it that way." > >Fanni explained "It's not easy. In print, especially for headlines, we don't >use [optional] vowel symbols. Because of that, his name can be read in >that way." > >International organizations are quite familiar and cognizant of these types >of issues. General Motors for example, spends over 300,000 dollars a year >just researching car names to make sure they are not trade marked, as well >as being acceptable in foreign countries. > >Ali Zarkoob, a grade school teacher in Western Tehran said "I'm sure kids >will find it very funny. The humor magazines will probably go crazy over >it too." A columnist for Tehran's Hamshahri daily who requested to remain >anonymous stated "It's a real problem that no one wants to face. Think >about it. What should we write if he wins? 'Clinton loses Presidency'? >That's not right. 'Penis wins US Presidency' isn't exactly acceptable >either." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > ---- Scott MacKinnon Geco-Prakla NSA scott@houston.Geco-Prakla.slb.com Houston, Tx. USA GHDS01::SCOTT Ph. 713-596-1558 Fax 713-596-1550