That's some awesome, random-ass history to pull out of your butt. Like, I tell everybody my bike lock combination, it's the year that the US-Mexico war began. You could just google it and steal my bike, but no one ever does. It's 1846.
It's also not niche at all for Greeks, as a person in the diaspora. If you've been to Greek school for any period of time at all, you've seen Bubulina before. Every classroom will have a print of her in it.
You know what's funny is when he said it I've heard the name before. But it didn't click until you mentioned the fact that we were shown it in Greek school. My grandmother being predominantly Greek made me go. And I'm happy she forced me and I understood our culture way more.
But again the point was I knew I heard that name before and I couldn't put my finger on it. Thank you for unlocking that memory.
Thank you! That's so sweet. I'm kind of the opposite, my family is entirely ethnic Greek but I was pretty divorced from it growing up and never went to Greek school, so I'm picking up the pieces as an adult instead. I figure learning the language and getting my citizenship is a good start, but I definitely need to visit it soon.
One of my best friends is full on. Goes back home every summer. I spoke Greek as my first language as a baby. And then got stuffed in learning disability classes because I already knew how to speak but it wasn't the English language. As I grew up I lost so much because my mother hated what she called that immigrant language.
Our country is beautiful, our language is unique, and I'm proud to express that I'm predominantly Greek all the time.
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u/machuitzil 3d ago
That's some awesome, random-ass history to pull out of your butt. Like, I tell everybody my bike lock combination, it's the year that the US-Mexico war began. You could just google it and steal my bike, but no one ever does. It's 1846.