It's used as a general expression to describe hostile, barbarous places (like Afghanistan or Sudan, even today). I'm sure Cannoli was quite aware of where General Gordon served.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Okay, what's going on with Skyfall? Do they realize M was the villain? (Spoilers abound)
- 14/11/2012 03:09:34 AM
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Ulysses was condemned to the Inferno for the "fraud of the Trojan Horse"
- 15/11/2012 10:32:18 PM
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Chinese Gordon was hung out to dry in the Sudan( Khartoum, to be precise), not India
- 19/11/2012 07:36:43 PM
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"Indian country", not India.
- 20/11/2012 03:43:18 PM
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Hey, look! Someone called one of my posts succinct! Hmm. Do we need a drug testing policy?
- 20/11/2012 04:45:00 PM
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