Re: hungerstrikers in Greece

Ï "Kat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ýãñáøå óôï ìÞíõìá
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> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ioannis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> writes
> >
> >I "John Rowland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yanaoa ooi
ì?ioìa
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> >> "Kat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >> > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ioannis
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> > writes
> >> > >Because they, themselves coined the word "barbarian".
> >> > >
> >> > > And for extra bonus, what is the (non-derrogatory)
> >> > > original etymology of the word? :*)
> >> >
> >> > Someone who enjoys Beach Boys records?
> >>
> >> 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. [*]


> Were the foreigners from a galaxy var var away?


Ancient Greeks were considering anyone non Greek as a "foreigner".
They also considered as a Greek, anyone who had Greek education and was
acting as a Greek.
"Ellines isin i tis Ellhnikis pedias metehondes". (phonetic)
The notion of the race was of no importance to the Greeks. Intellect and
education was what mattered...

-- 
E' mai possibile, oh porco di un cane, che le avventure in codesto reame
debban risolversi tutte con grandi puttane!
F.d.A


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