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tulip & turban

when maury povich handed out english’s paternity results, few in the audience were surprised to learn that the language was the bastard child of german and latin parents (with an occasional ménage à trois with the french maid). but what maury never told you, indeed what the lamestream news media refuses to report—is how many words of persian origin that speakers of the english language use on a daily basis. consider: algorithm, azure, balcony, caviar, jackal, mogul, sandal, spinach + hundreds of others.

tulip and turban are also from a persian source. tulip stems from, and turban unravels to the persian word dulband meaning ”hood.” if you look at a tulip and you look at a turban, with enough imagination you might be able to see how each resembles your brand new american apparel® california fleece sleeveless zip hoodie.