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Mark Rand
 
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Default Origin of Hex Head Nuts/bolts?

On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 02:20:13 GMT, Gunner wrote:

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gook - U.S. military slang since the Korean War, applied initially to
Koreans and later to Vietnamese during the Vietnam War. It derives from
Hanguk, the Korean name for Korea.


Hanguk=Korean
Yonguk=Non Korean


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gwailo - also spelled "gweilo"; a Cantonese term for Caucasians. Similar
to the entry above for ghost.


Translated to me as "round eyed devil"

And (for the sake of more completeness)
Septic==Septic Tank==Yank= derogatory term used for US engineers by British
Engineers.


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Mark Rand
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