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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m from Arizona and the Phoenicians watering their lawns in the 80s was super irritating even back then when we already knew we had a massive water shortage pending.  The social norms around things like green lawns drive me bonkers—it’s such a collective inaction problem.  [/quote]

I think you mean Philistines, but it doesn't really apply to your sentence. Both were ancient tribes along the Mediterranean. Phoenicians were famous for their maritime routes and trade. Philistines were enemies of the ancient Israelites, and over the centuries, have been (probably unfairly) portrayed as a crude people without culture or art. So you usually call someone a Philistine if they're uncultured or unappreciative of the finer things in life.[/quote]

NP. Uh, a Phoenician is also a person from...Phoenix. [/quote]

Yes.  PP who is a Tucsonan.  You can’t really say Phoenixan—even iPhone corrects that to Phoenician!  Tucson never really had the grass culture and we always made fun of Phoenicians and their silly grass.  [/quote]

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