Re: John and Imre....was: weapons

--- Ryan Gill <rmrmgillimindspringom> wrote:
> PS You learn lots of 4 letter words in the Army, 
> perhaps that's part of what Boot is about. Then 
> there's the foreign ones. Hey John, is the army 
> picking up any words from Arabic, FaFarsir other 
> languages? If so, it'd be interesting to note 
> them down and compare them to ones that have been 
> in the British Army for over a century (BiBintnd 
> Pukka for example).

Actually, in Arabic, "bibintmeans "girl" or "daughter".  It is a common
word without any insulting, dederogetoryr obscene coconnotation

J