Re: hungerstrikers in Greece

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[snip]
> >"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. [*]
>
> Were the foreigners from a galaxy var var away?

Ask Thukidides :*)

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