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To: Kolokotronis

Actually the term barbarian originally meant those with beards ie those savages of the wilds bereft of the benefits of civilization. Consider that when dining on octopus with garlic lightly sauteed in olive oil accompanied by ouzo...hmmm, maybe I should become barbarian myself...


4,845 posted on 12/05/2010 5:34:48 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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To: MarkBsnr; kosta50
"Actually the term barbarian originally meant those with beards ie those savages of the wilds bereft of the benefits of civilization."

In other words...they couldn't speak Greek!

4,848 posted on 12/05/2010 5:44:11 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
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