It's two jokes. Firstly, "Barbarian" was a ancient Greek-"invented" term for people who don't speak Greek (or heavy dialects of Greek). The generally accepted theory is that "Barbar" is them imitating sounds they don't understand, similar to a modern "blabla". Secondly, Hercules is the Roman name for the Greek Heracles.
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toothpaste_sandwich - 1day
Ah, yes, of course... I had heard both of those little factoids before, but I needed this reminder, as it turns out 😅
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🍉 Albert 🍉 - 1day
wouldn't it be more like a racist stereotype? like calling Chinese (Using as an example not come at me) ching chongs? ie making fun of their language.
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Stamau123 @lemmy.world - 20hr
It's still in use today when people talk of the Berbers, in north Africa, that's the origin of the name.
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ashestoashes - 1day
Hercules is the name the Romans called Heracles (or Herakles if you're pretentious), besides that, barbarian is from the Greek word that essentially means people who don't speak Greek.
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pelya - 1day
Herakles would probably be more correct. Romans used 'k' mostly in Greek loanwords, and used their native letter 'c' everywhere else.
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Archpawn @lemmy.world - 1day
Headcanon: Hercules actively kept people using his Roman name even as the Greek names became more popular because "Heracles" means "Hera is great" and he knows first-hand that she is not. Though I'm not sure why he doesn't just go by his birth name of Alcaeus.
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Okay, I'll bite—what's the joke here?
It's two jokes. Firstly, "Barbarian" was a ancient Greek-"invented" term for people who don't speak Greek (or heavy dialects of Greek). The generally accepted theory is that "Barbar" is them imitating sounds they don't understand, similar to a modern "blabla". Secondly, Hercules is the Roman name for the Greek Heracles.
Ah, yes, of course... I had heard both of those little factoids before, but I needed this reminder, as it turns out 😅
wouldn't it be more like a racist stereotype? like calling Chinese (Using as an example not come at me) ching chongs? ie making fun of their language.
It's still in use today when people talk of the Berbers, in north Africa, that's the origin of the name.
Hercules is the name the Romans called Heracles (or Herakles if you're pretentious), besides that, barbarian is from the Greek word that essentially means people who don't speak Greek.
Herakles would probably be more correct. Romans used 'k' mostly in Greek loanwords, and used their native letter 'c' everywhere else.
Headcanon: Hercules actively kept people using his Roman name even as the Greek names became more popular because "Heracles" means "Hera is great" and he knows first-hand that she is not. Though I'm not sure why he doesn't just go by his birth name of Alcaeus.
What is the anime used in the meme?
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3252114/ this one. It's about an Airsoft club at a girls school iirc