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[-] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Doesn’t that mean “mute”, as in “their non-Slavic language sounds like gibberish to us”?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I didn't know it and you are absolutely right! Like in ancient Greek "βάρβαρος" (barbarian) which was used to design people who couldn't speak properly and were just babbling.

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