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   Re: Why were the Barbarians called barba   
   14 Oct 21 09:57:06   
   
   From: bellemarecd@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/12/2021 5:13 PM, Snidely wrote:   
   > 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",   
      
   Yes. Feed your head.   
      
   > or "Some threw stones at a barbarian's jar"?   
      
   Objection, M'Lud.  Has indefinite article with plural form of "jar".   
      
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