> From: Mark Harris <[log in to unmask]>
> Organization: University of London
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 09:49:15 GMT
> Subject: RE: Dogs Query
> Priority: normal
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On 19 Sept 1996, Mark Harris wrote:
> May I add that Frederick Forsyth, in his novel _The Fist of
> God_, has the Iraqis refer to the Americans as "sons of
> dogs" ("beni el kalb"). He also remarks that Arabs do not regard dogs
> very highly.
This might also have to do with another characteristic of dogs:
their cowardness.
Frans
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