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Tue 20 Nov, 2012 02:38 am
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Up in the foothills of the Pyrenees, in a tiny village nestled amid breathtaking landscapes and eagles in flight, a man in a woolly hat pushes a wheelbarrow up a narrow street whistling to himself as the smell of woodsmoke drifts out of chimneys. The only sight slightly out of place are 20 zombies, staggering wild-eyed and bleeding, down the mountain path. But, unlike most of the bizarre things said about this place, the zombies at least make sense. "We're making a pastiche film about the apocalypse for our university leaving do," says Joel, 23, a pharmacy student from Montpellier dressed in a torn grey suit with two black eyes and a dribble of blood from his mouth. His student friend, a dwarf in a cow suit, adds: "Bugarach was the perfect setting. Everyone knows this village as the world centre of armageddon, we couldn't resist."
In British English, certainly, and in other dialects possibly, a "do" can be a party or celebration. A "leaving do" would be a party or special event to mark the end of a university course.
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:
Context:
Up in the foothills of the Pyrenees, in a tiny village nestled amid breathtaking landscapes and eagles in flight, a man in a woolly hat pushes a wheelbarrow up a narrow street whistling to himself as the smell of woodsmoke drifts out of chimneys. The only sight slightly out of place are 20 zombies, staggering wild-eyed and bleeding, down the mountain path. But, unlike most of the bizarre things said about this place, the zombies at least make sense. "We're making a pastiche film about the apocalypse for our university leaving do," says Joel, 23, a pharmacy student from Montpellier dressed in a torn grey suit with two black eyes and a dribble of blood from his mouth. His student friend, a dwarf in a cow suit, adds: "Bugarach was the perfect setting. Everyone knows this village as the world centre of armageddon, we couldn't resist."
Thank you Contrex.
Isn't armageddon at Mount Sinai or Mount Zion?
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:Isn't armageddon at Mount Sinai or Mount Zion?
Armageddon is, according to the Christian Bible, the site of a battle which is predicted to happen at the "end of the world". It is variously interpreted as either a literal or symbolic location. The term is also used in a generic sense to refer to any end of the world scenario.
It is not clear where the supposed final battle is predicted to happen but Some Biblical scholars have theorized that it may be either Mount Sinai (a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt) or Mount Zion (a hill in the city of Jerusalem). Other places are also suggested.
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