Re: hungerstrikers in Greece

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> "Kat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ioannis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > >Because they, themselves coined the word "barbarian".
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> > > And for extra bonus, what is the (non-derrogatory)
> > > original etymology of the word? :*)
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> > Someone who enjoys Beach Boys records?
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> And Jane Fonda films.

"b" in Ancient and modern Greek corresponds to the English "v", so the exact
term is "varvaros".

Coined because foreign talk in the ancient times sounded incomprehensible,
akin to continuous "var, var, var" sounds. [*]

It essentially was synonymous to "foreigner".

[*] no, that's not a Pascal "var"  :*)

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