[pukman]

Originally Posted by Voltigeur

.....refered as ....."alphabetical bastard"....because.......

Jo

Yes I can see how this has been ''lost in translation''


A bastard can be a colloquial term in New Zealand for a despicable ,undesirable or unlikeable character .


Combined with the first three letters in the English language , ABC ,and corresponding to his initials ,we have some New Zealand army humour from WW1 .


I have a WW1 diary ,belonging to a Sergeant in the 1st Battalion Otago Infantry ,which he describes Charters as ''useless as a commander '' and ''should be in a glass case'' ,amongst other disparaging comments .His words not mine