Comments on: Persepolis

By: Shalv Kumar Shah

Shalv Kumar Shah — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:34:24 +0000

In reply to Anna. I am a Hindu Indian. We Hindus believe that Iran or Persia was part of ancient Hindu/Arya empire. We also blame the British,Europeans and Islam for distorting the ancient history of the east which were part of the Hindu Arya empire.

By: Ingrid Piller

Ingrid Piller — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:06:45 +0000

In reply to Hussein H. Thank you for your comment and particularly the link to your fascinating poetry!

By: Hussein H

Hussein H — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:16:16 +0000

hello ! I attended your seminar today about australian language and Identity in Tmu university and enjoyed it even though I study engineering which is not really a related subject .It was a superb exprience ! as an iranian which has studied english a few years ago (now 18 yo) I make better connection to the language than persian . for example I write english poems non-professional ones of course but still I think I can`t even do that in persian .I have mentioned the Link of my blog where my poems are written here ,I`d be happy to see your comments if possible .

Thank you !

It was a pleasure meeting you !

By: Behnam

Behnam — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 13:22:04 +0000

So useful, I didnt know parts of the history you mentioned…

By: khan

khan — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:30:09 +0000

Hi Ingrid

A very thought provoking post which highlights less explored epistemological sites for applied sociolinguistics. I like the reconstruction of linguistic diversity on the basis of inscriptions on stones. Very different, powerful and legitimate source of knowledge . Thanks very much indeed.

Khan

By: Sepideh Asadi

Sepideh Asadi — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 18:38:28 +0000

I enjoyed reading this post and actually with reading every single word I remembered scenes of Persepolis which I have stored in my memory. I never paid attention to this relationship between language and the monuments you have mentioned in your post and it was very interesting for me.

By: Elham

Elham — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 05:39:11 +0000

Hi there,
Thanks for the nice presentation in Shiraz university. I learned a lot.
Cheers.
Elham

By: Manouchehr Kouhestani

Manouchehr Kouhestani — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 09:04:53 +0000

This nice post reminded me of a poem by Archibald MacLeish which I read yeras ago. Thanks for the post and Happy New Year!
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=171745

By: Akbar

Akbar — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:48:48 +0000

(As an Iranian)Should I say Thanks! . A fair judgment about persepolis.(you’re right about that feeling).

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 23:25:53 +0000

Dear Ingrid,
Thanks for your great inclusive post!
As I read it I learned so many things that I, as an Iranian, did not know about the history of Persepolis.
Looking forward to read and learn more!
best