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To: MarkBsnr; Kolokotronis
Barbarians, of course. :)

Wrong! :) You see, the Greeks invented the word "barbarian," and it refers to anyone who doesn't speak Greek. :)

4,825 posted on 12/05/2010 1:36:23 PM PST by kosta50 (God is tired of repenting -- Jeremiah 15:6, KJV)
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To: MarkBsnr; kosta50
"You see, the Greeks invented the word "barbarian," and it refers to anyone who doesn't speak Greek.

Now who could that be? Kosta? No....Me? No....So...I guess that would be YOU, MARK! :)

4,841 posted on 12/05/2010 5:00:47 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
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To: kosta50
Wrong! :) You see, the Greeks invented the word "barbarian," and it refers to anyone who doesn't speak Greek. :)

Odd, I thought that it referred to any foreigner of uncivilized persuasion, especially those with beards. You wouldn't know of any Greeks with beards would you? :)

4,855 posted on 12/05/2010 5:55:32 PM PST by MarkBsnr (I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so..)
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