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People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term 'Les... - 4/30/2008 1:42:47 PM   
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ATHENS, Greece - A Greek court has been asked to draw the line between the natives of the Aegean Sea island of Lesbos and the world's gay women.

Three islanders from Lesbos — home of the ancient poet Sappho, who praised love between women — have taken a gay rights group to court for using the word lesbian in its name.

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"My sister can't say she is a Lesbian," said Dimitris Lambrou. "Our geographical designation has been usurped by certain ladies who have no connection whatsoever with Lesbos," he said.


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RE: People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term ... - 4/30/2008 1:46:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		so why not just call them Sapphos?? or Sapphics?


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RE: People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term ... - 4/30/2008 3:07:59 PM   
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RE: People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term ... - 4/30/2008 3:29:55 PM   
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so why not just call them Sapphos?? or Sapphics?




How about lesibians?

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RE: People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term ... - 4/30/2008 5:10:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		I do hope this Dimitris Lambrou is prepared for the enormous backlash; ie tens of thousands descending on Lesbos in protest at this dire threat to the womyn struggle and all that.

Or maybe, what with Sterling being what it is and Greek tourism suffering for 08, thats the whole intention? And most of them lesbians have a lot of money that them Lesbians could do with.

Anyone fancy going halves on a women only tattoo parlour on Lesbos for this summer?

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RE: People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term ... - 4/30/2008 5:30:22 PM   
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RE: People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term ... - 4/30/2008 6:13:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		I understand why they're angry but...there isn't much they can do. The term "lesbian" is a world wide term now, like gay. Gay means happy but now if anyone ever says it they automatically think homosexual. But language and words change, just how things go.

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RE: People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term ... - 4/30/2008 9:14:50 PM   
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RE: People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term ... - 4/30/2008 9:18:55 PM   
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What's wrong with lesbosian or lesbosite ?

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"Lesbosian" sounds like something out of Gulliver's Travels. 

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RE: People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term ... - 4/30/2008 9:20:28 PM   
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RE: People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term ... - 4/30/2008 9:42:34 PM   
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How about lesibians?


Hey I thought of a few alternatives too.  This is kind of fun. 

-Lesbonites
-Lesbonians
-Lesbanos (like Mexicanos or Americanos)

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RE: People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term ... - 4/30/2008 9:48:24 PM   
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RE: People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term ... - 5/1/2008 12:18:00 AM   
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so why not just call them Sapphos?? or Sapphics?



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RE: People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term ... - 5/1/2008 3:44:35 AM   
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RE: People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term ... - 5/1/2008 4:03:41 AM   
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Oh, this kind of shit makes my head hurt....

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RE: People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term ... - 5/1/2008 6:22:03 AM   
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Presumably it wont be long before the people of Crete start a lawsuit against GWB for usurping the description cretin.

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I'm going to LMAO over that all day.

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RE: People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term ... - 5/1/2008 7:58:45 AM   
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This is from wiki :

"The earliest known written references to same-sex love between women are attributed to Sappho (the eponym of sapphism), who lived on the island of Lesbos in ancient Greece from about 625 to 570 BCE and wrote poems which apparently expressed her sexual attraction to other females"

This after wondering just how the word came about. Sounds to me like the Lesbonians don't have much of a case.

Of course that doesn't explain anything else. Dykes used to mean wire cutters, fag used to mean a cigarette and gay used to mean happy.

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RE: People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term ... - 5/1/2008 8:11:02 AM   
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