From 5411c0262c2d5997140ad2496542a47085bce1ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Abul Kalam Azad Shaik Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:46:04 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] More editorial tweaks --- 11ty/definitions/barbarian.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md b/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md index 6f193652..08836e2e 100644 --- a/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md +++ b/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ someone who is obscenely cruel;primitive;unsophisticated #### Issues -Barbarian originates from the Greek word *bárbaros* meaning "babbler", to denote the "unintelligle sounds" (_"bar bar bar"_) made by foreign speakers. +Barbarian originates from the Greek word *bárbaros* meaning "babbler", to denote the "unintelligle sounds" (_"bar bar bar"_ ) made by foreign speakers. Similar words exist in many other languages, for the identical purpose labeling a "strange"/"foreign" person/culture. In modern day usage, you can notice this rhetoric being employed almost always for the purpose of demonizing "foreign" (more often than not from the global south) cultures - cultures that need to be civilized;