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Thread #53784 Message #830073
Posted By: GUEST,Bill Kennedy
19-Nov-02 - 02:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: I need help with Irish Gaelic spellings
Subject: RE: BS: I need help with Irish Gaelic spellings
barbarian would depend on what you mean by Barbarian
-could be literally, 'hairy' or 'gruagach', maybe even 'bearded' which might be created as 'féasógach' from 'féasóg', though having a beard or hair does not necessarily have the same implications it once did! though the pejorative 'long-hair' as a synonym for 'hippy', 'dirty', etc., from the 60s might apply
-could be 'Sasanach', somewhat perjorative for 'Englishman', and in some contexts 'uncivilized', etc.