1984happens
1984happens t1_j6flgbv wrote
Reply to comment by Euripidaristophanist in TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds by Mr_Westerfield
With that username... you can't be impartial...
sign: a (proud) Greek!
1984happens t1_j6fje5t wrote
Reply to TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds by Mr_Westerfield
"ΝΕΦΕΛΟΚΟΚΚΥΓΙΑ" "ΝΕΦΕΛΟ("cloud")ΚΟΚΚΥΓ("cuckoo")ΙΑ(usual suffix for countries)"
1984happens t1_j6drbiw wrote
Reply to comment by EmphasisFinal in TIL that the USA once stored nuclear weapons in the Philippines. by Captainmanic
Some nukes (air bombs - not misilles, which was what was removed) are still in Turkey, in Incirlik air base, about 50 of them, B61 type, unuarmed (thank God...) - source: i am a Greek!
1984happens t1_j6dppba wrote
We had some in Greece (as NATO members) but after popular demand we removed them decades ago. Comically (or tragically, if you know about the genocide of the Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians...) a neighbour country (and NATO member also) that threratens us constantly still has about 50 of them (B61 type), thank God, unarmed, but when the USA tried to remove them they strongly complained - the funny (or sad...) thing is that some of their top generals and politicians make claims that they are theirs and not of USA property anymore and even make public threats against us (intended more for "internal consumption"...) about using them!
1984happens t1_j6gypgs wrote
Reply to comment by Euripidaristophanist in TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds by Mr_Westerfield
Your username suggest to me that you did not forgot all of your Greek, so -since you are "partial to reading"- try this (slightly outdated - but longest ever) Greek word, from Aristophanes: "λοπαδοτεμαχοσελαχογαλεοκρανιολειψανοδριμυποτριμματοσιλφιολιπαρομελιτοκατακεχυμενοκιχλεπικοσσυφοφαττοπεριστεραλεκτρυονοπτοπιφαλλιδοκιγκλοπελειολαγῳοσιραιοβαφητραγανοπτερυγών"
(o.k., yes... i copy-paste it... no way to write it myself!)