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Quote[/b] (Bigwig @ Mar. 31 2004,20:31)]
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Quote[/b] (bighairyman @ Mar. 31 2004,20:11)](in Latin barbarian is someone who don't shave, or have any facial hair)
Really? I don't want to derail the thread, but I was told that they were called that after how they seemed to say bar bar all the time, or at least that's how other people perceived their speech. I guess the hair thing makes sense though, barbarian does sound like barber, and of course barber = hair. But I'm pretty sure that the term barbarian refers more to someone of another language, not of a specific appearance, at least back then. Could be wrong though, and if so I blame my grade 7 history teacher

(First post btw, hey )
I think you meant the Greeks, who call foreign people barbarians because of the bar, bar sound they think other languages made

Oh and Welcome to the Org Bigwig , it's a really nice place here.