Translation for "posliininen" to english
Posliininen
adjective
Translation examples
adjective
Lainaus Russellin artikkelista ”Onko Jumalaa olemassa?”: »Jos esittäisin että Maan ja Marsin välissä on posliininen teekannu, joka kiertää aurinkoa elliptisellä radalla, kukaan ei voisi todistaa väitettäni vääräksi, jos vain muistaisin lisätä että teekannu on liian pieni havaittavaksi parhaimmillakin teleskoopeilla.
The band name was inspired by Bertrand Russell's never published article titled "Is There a God?", commissioned by Illustrated magazine in 1952: If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes.
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