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Funnily enough, the word "barbarian" for uncivilized people comes all the way from Ancient Greek slang, proverbially meaning "people who speak in these 'bar bar
by rufb 7y ago
Funnily enough, the word "barbarian" for uncivilized people comes all the way from Ancient Greek slang, proverbially meaning "people who speak in these 'bar bar bar' noises".[0] It's all bar bar bar to me. :)
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian
- StavrosK 7y ago"Barbarian" meant "foreigner", not "uncivilized". Additional "fun" fact: in modern Greek, the onomatopoeia for "babbling" is "burbur".