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"barbarian" is a fun word. It's actually Greek, and means someone who isn't a Greek because, to a Greek ear, they sounded as though they were saying "baa baa" rather than speaking a "proper" language.
The Vulgate bible is written in Latin. The name stems from "versio vulgata" - "commonly used version"; it was written around 400 AD when Latin was the common language.
Last edited by HarryT; 09-26-2010 at 02:30 AM.
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