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6779 pts · January 3, 2013


Danish historian and father of three boys. Living proof that older does not mean wiser.

the two sons of Atreus, Menelaos and Agamemnon, are described as αἰγυπιός (carrion vultures, but frequently translated as hawks or eagles).

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It's a reference to the origin of the Atreides ("descendants of Atreus") name. In Aischylos' play "Agamemnon" (458 BCE), ...

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Do you want karma with that?

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This globe dates between 1936 (Italian East Africa) and 1940 (Brit. Somaliland is on the map, and so is Manchukuo).

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This is what happens when you don't pay attention in history class.

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Missing: the "Mortal Engines" series by Philip Reeve.

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Pretty sure that was deliberate.

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The High Presbyterian is a very demanding breed. They simply refuse to go walkies on the Sabbath.

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Heh, sarcasm appreciated -- but the Hitachi company is named for a place, the city of Hitachi (日立) in Ibaraki prefecture.

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I think the translation is deliberate -- but it's still wrong. She says "hatachi" (廿), 20 years old. It's the age of adulthood in Japan.

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Well, OP may say they're not a furry, and we may politely pretend to believe that -- but the person who has that DA page certainly is.

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I think you underestimate how civilised Iranians are, compared to Americans.

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s /disenfranchised/disenchanted/

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So many spelling errors. Proofreading is a dead art.

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Whoever made #1 would have failed Classics for not understanding the meaning of allegory.

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In Danish, it's called "vindfang" (lit. "wind-catch") or "entré" (borrowed from the French for "entry").

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They knew exactly what they were doing.

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That's true.

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Also YeeHawdists, Y'allQaeda, Vanilla ISIS, and many others. They're all great.

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I'm sorry, but this is not true. The heel is ancient, going back to Egypt, and later became popular with the use of stirrups.

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Let the Cowliphate starve.

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Good gods, that's borderline illiteracy.

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It's true, I lie.

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I was. In both the examples I cited, the majority of the population is concentrated in a few comparatively small parts of the country.

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It's a country. You may have heard of it.

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Also true for Greenland and Iceland. Gee, I wonder what all those places have in common?

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