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Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ... by GeneralMayhem on Monday April 26, 2021 @09:52PM (#26950907)
Similarly, the word "barbarian" comes from the ancient Greeks describing the people who lived around them as sounding like they were saying "bar bar bar".
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Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ... by nielsole on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @01:00AM (#26952180)
That's amazing. Wiktionary backs you up on this and compares it to "bla bla bla".

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B2%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B2%CE...

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Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ... by umeshunni on Monday April 26, 2021 @11:29PM (#26951668)
Funny, I always thought it came from the word Barba (hair/beard) because they considered them uncultured and unshaven.
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Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ... by sorokod on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @12:22AM (#26951979)
Greeks were into beards big time.
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