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Originally Posted by Senusret I
You know what? That's a mess.
First of all, I never knew that people from Lesbos were really called Lesbians. HAAAAAAAAAA
Secondly, it seems to me (and I am no scholar of Greek) that just as the Greek word for Greek is not Greek, then the Greek word for "person from Lesbos" wouldn't be Lesbian.
Or am I trippin?
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I see what you are saying. It wouldn't seem like the ending to indicate a resident of would be ian in Greek. Anyone know how you do the endings for this Greek? It seems like it would be an i ending to me for a plural group including any men.
Interestingly though, if you look up Lesbos on wikipedia, the category for famous people from is call "Notable Lesbians." hee hee.