NationStates Jolt Archive

And the people from Lesbos want their name back.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353457,00.html

"Private Lemon! I got this great book-on-tape, it's about life in ancient Greece..."

Cute, but it's too late now.

I don't think anyone cares tbh.

They'd have more luck changing the name of their island.

Silly Lesbians....

They'd have more luck changing the name of their island.

Or changing what they call themselves. It doesn't have to make sense either. I'm a fucking Hoosier. Figure that out.

why do they want to change it?

everyone loves lesbians

I feel similarly sorry for the people from Hamburg. But it sure is funny.

That's pretty funny. I recently gave a brief lecture in my Ancient Mediterranean Civilization class about that island and some of its noted inhabitants....funny I see it mentioned here so soon thereafter.

"Lesbosian" would be ok. Or "Lesbian - no, not that kind".

So men from that island are lesbians too? Cool. :)

Imagine being surrounded by lesbians. :eek:

The story made me think of this:

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u275/Gravlen/NSG/Smilies%20and%20animated%20stuff/8ekcxfs.gif

And the people from Lesbos want their name back.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353457,00.html

"Private Lemon! I got this great book-on-tape, it's about life in ancient Greece..."

http://fark.pbwiki.com/f/WTF-Scary-Cat.jpg

And the people from Lesbos want their name back.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353457,00.html

"Private Lemon! I got this great book-on-tape, it's about life in ancient Greece..."

If they're annoyed at the term 'lesbian' being used to describe gay women then they've got to lump it!

What will banning one gay rights group in Greece from using the name achieve when everyone all over the world uses the term to describe gay women.

Locking the door after the horse has bolted much?

So men from that island are lesbians too? Cool. :)

Imagine being surrounded by lesbians. :eek:

Tee hee.

"My father was a huge lesbian! And you shudda seen his father!""

"Lesbosian" would be ok. Or "Lesbian - no, not that kind".

Yeah, if they want to avoid confusion they should call themselves Lesbosians, or just Mytilenes.

To be fair the islanders did have the name before the gay community did, but they can't exactly do anything about it.

They just found out that their name is also used for women in comfortable shoes? Information doesn't travel too fast to islands, I guess.

You've really got to wonder how often this issue comes up. I'm from the South Bay, and that's how I say it-- I don't say I'm a "South Bayer". That sounds stupid.

So men from that island are lesbians too? Cool. :)

Imagine being surrounded by lesbians. :eek:

A man on an island of lesbians? Either the luckiest or unluckiest guy on earth.

Yeah, I think the cat's out of the bag on this one.

They could go with an alternative term though...

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/2695/dykesdrivebz8.jpg

I feel similarly sorry for the people from Hamburg. But it sure is funny.

Frankfurt, too...

odd how both groups have yet to meet me yet then isn't it :cool:

*chauvinistic pug*

And the people from Lesbos want their name back.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353457,00.html

"Private Lemon! I got this great book-on-tape, it's about life in ancient Greece..."

http://www.evilsmiley.com/images/dude_wtf.gif

Yeah...they should have submitted their protest, WAAAY before now...

As in, before the word became a common Description...

Lesbians, will still be Lesbians...

maybe they can be Lesbos...like Britons...

They could go with an alternative term though...

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/2695/dykesdrivebz8.jpg

I must say...thats the Hottest Pun ive seen in awhile, lol

Or changing what they call themselves. It doesn't have to make sense either. I'm a fucking Hoosier. Figure that out.

Isn't a hoosier also a kind of cabinet/hutch thingy? Lemme look it up...

...yes...yes it is (http://www.oldhouseweb.com/stories/Detailed/13247.shtml).

That beats just being from Washington and having to say "not DC". I'm not surprised by the lack of industry in my home state in finding a functional nickname. At least "Hoosier" has some cachet. "Evergreener" would be just plain fruity, and only describes about half of the state (don't get east-siders started about the WA state quarter -- not even so much as an apple to represent the east side). I think the fuckers from DC oughta just say they're from DC, and let us have Washington. Lincoln and Jefferson only got cities and lots of counties.

They could go with an alternative term though...

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/2695/dykesdrivebz8.jpg

That...is...so...awesome.

As for Lesvos (as the B in Greek is actually a V...a phonetic trait which survives in languages like Spanish: como se va? is often pronounced as "como se ba"), I think the idea is really silly. I think some island needs a nap.

Maybe they should get a load of that picture, then theyd see the error of their ways, lol

Lesbians should pay Lesbos royalties.:p

They could go with an alternative term though...

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/2695/dykesdrivebz8.jpg

This is my most favorite picture ever!

I love this line.
Lambrou says Sappho was not gay.
She had to have been Bi to write all of that.

"But even if we assume she was, how can 250,000 people of Lesbian descent — including women — be considered homosexual?"

Yeah if everyone on the island was gay it would be kind of hard to reproduce.

They should instead take advantage of it and make it a huge gay tourist attraction... But it sounds like these people are too prudish to even bother to think about that.

They should instead take advantage of it and make it a huge gay tourist attraction...

lol

/thread

Yeah if everyone on the island was gay it would be kind of hard to reproduce.



They reproduce Asexually through Fungus Spores...






or they could use Artificial Insemination but wheres the challenge in that? lol

They should instead take advantage of it and make it a huge gay tourist attraction...

They do, actually.

They could call themselves "The Lesbians who don't wear comfortable shoes"
Or take a page from Prince's book and call themselves, "The isle formerly known as Lesbos"

If these imperialists from Lesbos seek to extend their nomenclaturist claims to MY little island, the streets of International Incidents shall run red with ... poetry?

"This is not an aggressive act against gay women," Lambrou said. "Let them visit Lesbos and get married and whatever they like. We just want (the group) to remove the word lesbian from their title."

So what would two homosexual Lesbian women be called if they got married on Lesbos?

And the people from Lesbos want their name back.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353457,00.html

"Private Lemon! I got this great book-on-tape, it's about life in ancient Greece..."

Why again are people allowed to sue and bog down the courts?

Why again are people allowed to sue and bog down the courts?

So Lawyers can make more Money...

So what would two homosexual Lesbian women be called if they got married on Lesbos?

Les-BI-ans, of course.

EDIT: Sorry. Born on Lesbos, married on Lesbos and they're gay -- okay, Les-TRI-ans.

So Lawyers can make more Money...

Argh! Isn't that the sad truth? I tell you I don't mind whenever some filthy rich scumbag of a lawyer gets hurt or dies because they have the intellectual capacity of a fruit fly.

Argh! Isn't that the sad truth? I tell you I don't mind whenever some filthy rich scumbag of a lawyer gets hurt or dies because they have the intellectual capacity of a fruit fly.

Wowza! Holy tap-dancing blame-shift Batman! :eek:

If you do find a filthy rich lawyer, the odds are that he has some intellectual prowess. And, as always, it's usually not the lawyer who decides to start the judicial process.

I'm fairly confident that the meaning of the word lesbian is not a matter for the people of Lesbos to decide. Sappho ruined it for you guys, get over it.

or they could use Artificial Insemination but wheres the challenge in that? lol

That depends on how you do it. Picture the carnival midway game with baseballs landing in milk cannisters, only substitute a turkey baster for the throw, a hot load of man-batter for the baseball, and the inseminee as the milk cannister, and you'll get where I'm going with this idea.

STEP RIGHT UP!

So what would two homosexual Lesbian women be called if they got married on Lesbos?

Like, MEGA Lesbians, or something.

Either Sappho wrote about lesbian encounters just for fun, or she actually was bi-sexual. I have a book of primary sources if anyone wants any proof....but I don't see what the big deal is either way around.

lol

/thread
Not quiiiite yet...

And, here it comes....

They reproduce Asexually through Fungus Spores...

/thread

EDIT: In all seriousness, I find this news highly entertaining. All over the Western world, we will continue to call homosexual women lesbians. That's just a linguistic mountain that nobody is ever going to move.

My question is this: do any homosexual or bisexual women dislike the label "lesbian"? Just wondering.

They could go with an alternative term though...

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/2695/dykesdrivebz8.jpg

Lesbian schoolgirls really are the hottest.

My response to the above picture:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/agi_t_prop/296455524/

My response to the above picture:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/agi_t_prop/296455524/

I think your response was a bit tardy.

Hey, one can never be late or early when it comes to appreciating women. It's like what Gandalf said about being late in LOTR:FOTR.

They reproduce Asexually through Fungus Spores...

Hmm... Gay Orks...

*Flees*

And before you know it, the Dutch are going to follow up and try to reclaim the word "dyke".

They'd have more luck changing the name of their island.

Meh... Lesbos has had the same name in the last 2700-2800 years.
Maybe it's time that homosexual women named themselves "homosexual women", and stop using some paraphrase taken from lesbian (in both meanings) poet Sappho.

They should instead take advantage of it and make it a huge gay tourist attraction... But it sounds like these people are too prudish to even bother to think about that.

They are already the meeting place of homosexual women. Just like Mykonos is the meeting place of a good half of the european gays.

And before you know it, the Dutch are going to follow up and try to reclaim the word "dyke".

They'll get it back after they take over the world. The Dutch are evil.

Frankfurt, too...

makes me wonder about the Isle of Man and what they call themselves.

makes me wonder about the Isle of Man and what they call themselves.

Could be worse than you think. One of the old names for the island is Sodor.

[Wonders if anyone other than British English speakers will get that.]

Could be worse than you think. One of the old names for the island is Sodor.

[Wonders if anyone other than British English speakers will get that.]

I will admit, I never came accross any connotation for Sodor... Should I be afraid, or glad?

I don't think this is a frivolous lawsuit.

There are other regional names in Europe that are protected by law. Champagne springs immediately to mind. This is arguably analogous.

Frivolous or not, I have a good deal of sympathy for the Lesbos-ians.

I also feel sorry for anyone who still says "I'm going out for a fag, I'll be back."

I also feel sorry for anyone who still says "I'm going out for a fag, I'll be back."

I'd feel even sorrier for the individual if he/she didn't bring one back.

And the people from Lesbos want their name back.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353457,00.html

"Private Lemon! I got this great book-on-tape, it's about life in ancient Greece..."

You don't see the people of Crete kicking up this fuss. ;)

I feel similarly sorry for the people from Hamburg. But it sure is funny.

Or Frankfurt.

Meh... Lesbos has had the same name in the last 2700-2800 years.
Maybe it's time that homosexual women named themselves "homosexual women", and stop using some paraphrase taken from lesbian (in both meanings) poet Sappho.

Or.... maybe the judge should laugh this case out of court as it's frankly ridiculous.

They don't actually hold a copyright on the name...

I will admit, I never came accross any connotation for Sodor... Should I be afraid, or glad?

Neither, really.
'Sod', an abbreviation of 'Sodomite', is widely used as a term of abuse.
Someone calling themself a Sod or Sodder would get some funny looks.

The reason for this is the Greek poet Sappho, who was female, from Lesbos, and wrote poems to her female lovers. She was from Lesbos (thus, a Lesbian) and the term caught on, eventually overtaking the previously-more common term "Sapphist". To give a full explanation.

I guess Christians were just looking for a term for female homosexuals (before the term "homosexual" existed) that wasn't gender and, uhm, "act" ambiguous like "sodomite", and people were fond of their Classics back then, so they said "Hey, Sappho the Lesbian liked girls!"