29.03.2017, 22:56
Oy!
Two years ago there was an information about that Romans called barbarians because of barking they sounded like.
It's an unprecised information. Barbarbar was indeed meaning barking, but not in Latin, but in ancient Greek and that's why Greeks called them barbarians. Romans called them barbarians because of beards (barba) they were bearing on their faces.
Also, Latin letter Y was (not a big surprise) inspired by Greek letter Ypsilon. Romans used not to have a,letter describing a sound of Y, so they created one. But... How to name it?
Oh, right! Let's call it "y grecca", that literally means "Greek sound of Y"
Two years ago there was an information about that Romans called barbarians because of barking they sounded like.
It's an unprecised information. Barbarbar was indeed meaning barking, but not in Latin, but in ancient Greek and that's why Greeks called them barbarians. Romans called them barbarians because of beards (barba) they were bearing on their faces.
Also, Latin letter Y was (not a big surprise) inspired by Greek letter Ypsilon. Romans used not to have a,letter describing a sound of Y, so they created one. But... How to name it?
Oh, right! Let's call it "y grecca", that literally means "Greek sound of Y"
Oh no. We are doomed.