Lars Finsen wrote:
>
> Den 20. jun. 2008 kl. 17.26 skrev Peter Collier:
>>
>> I just love 'Bintland' - it conjures up such a
>> marvellous mental image of some kind of
>> theme park of 'ill repute'.
>
> I see, so the connection is that obvious. I thought
> 'bint' was rather an obscure word. At least
> Matthew Reilly, my latest translation victim, seems
> to think you need to be somewhat familiar with
> Arabic to recognise it.
Well, I've never run across that word here in the
United States.
--Ph. D.