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Feb 02, 2005 23:54

Out for a quick drink after work this evening with a friend who's back from the Middle East, who told us about Abdul Hamid II of Turkey banning various words that might encourage people to rebel against him, like 'freedom' and 'parliament' and 'deputy' and 'dynamite'. Oh, and 'nose'. Because he had a very large one. Apparently a French theatre ( Read more... )

politics, noses, turkey

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other words that need to be banned raptis February 4 2005, 08:03:10 UTC
thin, early and most ringtones.

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Re: other words that need to be banned coughingbear February 5 2005, 04:21:13 UTC
'thesis' and 'finished'

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