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|    Kentucky Jelly Buddha to Beaver Fever    |
|    Re: Why were the Barbarians called barba    |
|    08 Oct 21 22:08:49    |
      From: ansaman@gmail.com              On 10/8/2021 1:35 PM, Beaver Fever wrote:       > I am watching this now and not quite clear on the concept       >       > https://youtu.be/Di5erb47ry4       >              According to Murray Bookchin (I was one of his       students) it was because the Romans hearing them       talk thought their language sounded like       "bah-bah-bah." No kidding.              --       Kentucky Jelly Buddha       Making Leek Insertion Easy Since 1904       Van Horn and Sawtell Co. of New York City              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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