Glenn Fleishman on Nostr: Watching an episode of University Challenge, one of the questions was about the book ...
Watching an episode of University Challenge, one of the questions was about the book Thomas More wrote in the 1500s titled with a Greek word he coined, meaning “no place.” Utopia, of course.
But the clue also noted that the word could apparently be read as a positive—a pun on pronunciation. Instead of no-place, it was…
…The Good Place.
(ou-topos versus eu-topos)
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