[Milsurplus] S* Word

[Gary Pewitt]

Wallah is from the colonial English in India. A "Punka Wallah" was a 
poor person who pulled on a rope to swing a fan cooling off the Sahibs. 
Wallah meant a low level servant.



On 2/7/2013 3:46 PM, Hue Miller wrote:
> Todd, so you are still maintaining that the belligerent lowlifes 
> converted
> a perfectly innocuous word into something offensive, despite being shown
> that the fellow at an estate sale is using it to try to be original, 
> clever,
> without understanding its origin? Okay; this is America. Freedom of 
> Choice.
>
> Something I think is funny is this word: Wallah! Please tell me where 
> that
> comes from! It ain't from Walla Walla, I assure you! Ha ha....
>
> I noticed the G503 military vehicles website has a forum for radio's.
> When I was younger and didn't know better, I used to think only Mexican
> restaurants used the apostrophe like this. Now I know better.
>
> I could care less; I couldn’t care less.
> -Hue Miller
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