Mr_Westerfield
Mr_Westerfield OP t1_j6fjz6w wrote
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
Mr_Westerfield OP t1_j6fis5r wrote
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
Mr_Westerfield OP t1_j6fnxx4 wrote
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