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Euripidaristophanist t1_j6fk6lo wrote

I'm a 40-year old man whose never set foot in an English-speaking country, and even I've heard of this expression.
I don't know if these complainers who say they've never heard of it, either live under a rock, or don't read a lot.

One of them even calls this post stupid, which is a weirdly aggressive way of turning ignorance into hostility.

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1984happens t1_j6flgbv wrote

With that username... you can't be impartial...

sign: a (proud) Greek!

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Euripidaristophanist t1_j6gwyur wrote

Yes, I'm partial to reading!
I've forgotten most of my Greek, though I suspect it'd be outdated by a few thousand years..

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1984happens t1_j6gypgs wrote

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suggest to me that you did not forgot all of your Greek, so -since you are "partial to reading"- try this (slightly outdated - but longest ever) Greek word, from Aristophanes: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!)

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