Education of the Mind: TIL the word "barbarian" originally referred to people who don't speak Greek, because the Greeks thought people who spoke a foreign tongue sounded like they were saying "bar bar bar" all the time.

Friday, July 14, 2017

TIL the word "barbarian" originally referred to people who don't speak Greek, because the Greeks thought people who spoke a foreign tongue sounded like they were saying "bar bar bar" all the time.

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