From: Graeme on
In message <slrni35noq.28v.bas(a)rialto.bas.me.uk>
Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote:

> Graeme <Graeme(a)greywall.demon.co.uk>:
> > real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk (D.M. Procida) wrote:
> >> Graeme <Graeme(a)greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >> > It's a name laden with unfortunate associations...
> >>
> >> If you mean bin or ben, then it's a part of most formal Arabic, Muslim
> >> and Jewish names across the world and through history.
> >
> > Wooooosh!
>
> Ah, I see what you did there (`Bin Laden').

Yes, sorry!


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From: zoara on
Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote:

> `Benjamin' means something like `son of my right hand' in Hebrew.

Fnarr.

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