Most inspirational Hollywood speeches: Pacino, Gibson, Stallone
March 2, 2011The following inspirational speeches from three different movies are among the most viewed clips on Youtube. They all relate to ...
"Invictus" a poem that helped a nation and became a popular movie title
June 25, 2010"Invictus" (meaning "Unconquered" in Latin) is a short poem written in 1875 by English poet William Ernest Henley, and a major ...
Rhyming poems: Love - hate satire
June 11, 2010The following is circulated on the Internet and is supposedly from a literary contest in which the first line of a rhyming poem ...
Most favorite disco song: "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor
June 3, 2010This 1978 hit by Gloria Gaynor (called by some as Queen of Disco) is one of the most popular disco songs of all time, symbolizing ...
Watch When an Iranian Writes in English! A Better way of Writing.
July 30, 2008This is how I would write this. I am not necessarily doing a word-by-word transliteration or finding idioms for the expressions. I ...
Watch When an Iranian Writes in English!
July 19, 2008This letter was written by an Iranian employee to his American boss:/Dear Mr. Hamilton,/Hello sir, "I am your servant, very very ...
Famous Persian "Zarbol Masal" in English
June 27, 2008Finally, here our Answers to Persian Zarbol Massal Questions earlier this month:/Thanks for all those who responded. No body ...
Arabs Have 40 Words for Camel, Persians.. Part III
June 14, 2008Part III:/We discussed popular Persian ("bandegi") and Arabic (Camels) concepts. How about the American and English?/Well, they ...
FYI, Acronyms in English: Part II, Answers
June 14, 2008See Part I for background./Correct Answers:/REM: Rapid Eye Movement, the phase of sleep in which we dream/BYOB: bring Your Own ...
Translation of popular Persian "Zarbol Masal"?
June 7, 2008One of the most difficult challenges in translating foreign texts or speeches is finding equivalents for "zarbol masal" or sayings ...
