Re: lat. barbatus

--- In cybalist@..., Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:09:25 -0000, "richardwordingham"
> <richard.wordingham@...> wrote:
>
> >Do you feel that Proto-World *barbar 'foreigner' is less sound

than

> >*kuku 'cuckoo'? No-one challenged that Proto-World reconstruction
> >when it appeared on the list!
>
> Probably it was a joke :-)
>

It was a true word knowingly spoken in jest.