Mr_Westerfield OP t1_j6fnxx4 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 12:17 AM Reply to comment by RedtheGamer100 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 Sure, I’ll admit it. I didn’t know the term until I heard it, unlike every other expression, which I just kinda innately know Permalink Parent 7
Mr_Westerfield OP t1_j6fjz6w wrote on January 29, 2023 at 11:51 PM Reply to comment by [deleted] 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 TIL people get weirdly aggressive when you reference a term they haven’t heard before, as though it’s a requirement for it to be legitimate Permalink Parent 9
Mr_Westerfield OP t1_j6fis5r wrote on January 29, 2023 at 11:43 PM Reply to comment by Lyran99 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 It is. There’s an article about it and everything Permalink Parent 6
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 en.wikipedia.org Submitted by Mr_Westerfield t3_10om0ud on January 29, 2023 at 11:22 PM in todayilearned 90 comments 780
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Reply to comment by RedtheGamer100 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
Sure, I’ll admit it. I didn’t know the term until I heard it, unlike every other expression, which I just kinda innately know