I really can’t stand it when people say “Mecca of” something. Back in school, my English teacher told students chewing gum belonged in the bin and then said, “the bin is the Mecca of chewing gum.” Come on, how can you compare a trash can to the holiest places in Islam?
Honestly, whatever people call “Mecca” these days, it’s almost never something worthy of the name. Usually, it’s just an insult or a joke. Like some place where distasteful Brits hang out isn’t a Mecca for anything, it’s more like hell for everyone else on earth.
Maybe they don’t mean it as something people hold in reverence, but rather something people flock to. I guess this still doesnt apply to your English teacher…
I really can’t stand it when people say “Mecca of” something. Back in school, my English teacher told students chewing gum belonged in the bin and then said, “the bin is the Mecca of chewing gum.” Come on, how can you compare a trash can to the holiest places in Islam?
Honestly, whatever people call “Mecca” these days, it’s almost never something worthy of the name. Usually, it’s just an insult or a joke. Like some place where distasteful Brits hang out isn’t a Mecca for anything, it’s more like hell for everyone else on earth.
Maybe they don’t mean it as something people hold in reverence, but rather something people flock to. I guess this still doesnt apply to your English teacher…