ATHENS, GREECE FrenchTV1.com - The island of Lesbos has a problem with homosexuals.
The Greek island of Lesboshas filed an official request to trademark the word “Lesbian”, since its ineffective efforts to change the feminine term for a homosexual.
The word lesbian actually derives from the isle of Lesbos, which was described in ancient times as a place where women “loved one another like nowhere else”.
Being culturally conservative as Greeks are, especially by modern European standards, the residents and leadership of Lesbos are no different. The labelling of a homosexual as a lesbian in the vast majority of languages and its direct link to the region have offended and embarrassed its citizens.
“I am ashamed to be a Lesbo,” an elderly resident said. “It makes other woman think I want to kiss and touch and lick and grasp when I visit others in Europe”.
She continued, “it also makes them think I want to suckle and slurp and frolick and grope and f******* and f*** and do things with cucumbers that none could imagine!”
After complaining to linguistic leaders in Europe and North America, the response was less than what the Lesbians — those from Lesbos, not homosexuals (although there can be homosexual Lesbians from Lesbos which makes for a good SAT question) — wanted.
So, the next option was to profit from the term. Several submissions have been filed in England, Canada, France, Germany, Austria, as well as the U.S. The next shot maybe for the U.N., as China and India have 0 to .0000000001% to abide by international copyright and Trademark law. Then again, the U.N. is as strong as a those cheap triangular paper cups used in offices for hot water.
Campaigns for a successful Trademark case have already been discussed, including a theme park called “Homoland”. T-Shirts and heavy advertising have also been set to launch abroad reading “I visited the Land of Lesbos” and “Lesbians like frankfurters too”. Frankfurt, Germany is considering suing due to this.
This is FrenchTV1 news from FrenchTV1.com - Roger DuPolee reporting
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