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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: barbarianism #781 03/20/2000 9:10 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 23 Ohio USA cadaver stranger cadaver stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 23 Ohio USA The OED seems to express that it was not so much who barbarians were, but who they were not. They were not Greek. There is probably a tie-in that the northern coast of Africa was known as the Barbary States. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted barbarianism sachin 03/20/2000 12:48 PM Re: barbarianism kritter 03/20/2000 5:41 PM Re: barbarianism cadaver 03/20/2000 9:10 PM Re: barbarianism chjones 03/22/2000 6:49 PM Re: barbarianism Kostas 04/03/2000 12:26 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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