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by rufb 2505 days ago
Funnily enough, the word "barbarian" for uncivilized people comes all the way from Ancient Greek slang, proverbially meaning "people who speak in these 'bar bar bar' noises".[0] It's all bar bar bar to me. :)

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian

1 comments

"Barbarian" meant "foreigner", not "uncivilized".

Additional "fun" fact: in modern Greek, the onomatopoeia for "babbling" is "burbur".