The story of my experiments with truth

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Wed Dec 3 22:09:51 CST 1997


In a message dated 97-12-03 13:50:42 EST,  greg writes:

<< 'Barbarian' in Greek meant 'not us'. >>

I thought it was from Sanskrit intended an imitation of the "stammering"
language of non-aryans: ba, ba, ba (and the origin of the name Barbara) --
Webster's cites its etymology from Latin - foreigners. Barbarous however, as
you say, from Greek (akin to Sanskrit, barbara)

-michael.



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