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   Snidely to Howard   
   Re: Why were the Barbarians called barba   
   12 Oct 21 14:13:13   
   
   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Howard wrote on 10/10/2021 :   
   > "artyw2@yahoo.com"  wrote   
   >   
   >> I believe that the term "Berber" came from barbarian.   
   >   
   > If you rearrange the full name of Barbra Streisand -- Barbara Joan   
   > Streisand -- you can get A Barbarian Jars Stoned.   
      
   Cute, but redundant, innit?  Barbara <--> [female] barbarian?   
      
   And what would the sentence mean?  "If you're stoned, a barbarian is   
   jarring to you", or "Some threw stones at a barbarian's jar"?   
      
   /dps   
      
      
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