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CowboyDan BS: some interesting Etamology (48) RE: BS: some interesting Etamology 11 Oct 00

My Latin teacher, who was reputed to be teaching her native tongue, told us that "barbarian" came from "barbarus", meaning "bearded". I think Miss Pergandi would have been surprised to find it came from the Greek. Dan


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