From 815989bbe05c17d501ccbd4931ffd91db9eed832 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tatianamac Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 17:43:08 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=E2=9C=8D=EF=B8=8F=20Edited=20some=20spacing=20?= =?UTF-8?q?issues=20and=20misspelling?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- 11ty/definitions/barbaric.md | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/11ty/definitions/barbaric.md b/11ty/definitions/barbaric.md index a84f2e1a..3d33f665 100644 --- a/11ty/definitions/barbaric.md +++ b/11ty/definitions/barbaric.md @@ -17,12 +17,11 @@ alt_words: - obscene - feral --- -something which is obscenely cruel;primitive;unsophisticated - +something which 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 "unintelligible 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;