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Context: The Greeks used to say 'εἰς τὴν πόλιν' (eis tin polin), which the Turks said as Is-tan-bul. The phrase meaning 'to the city'

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[–] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The Residents?

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Had to look it up and I can't even say the music video for that song is even in the top 10 weirdest music videos I've seen from them. The song, though, not for me in the slightest.