Monday, Apr. 12, 1943
English, Translated
Major General John C. H. ("Cliff") Lee, the cherubic, bald, bee-busy U.S. supply chief in England, refuses to change his outfit's name from Services of Supply to Army Service Forces until officially and specifically ordered to do so. (He has not yet received such an order.) Military men regard his organization as a model of efficiency in all things great & small. As an example, SOS men in London last week pointed with pride to an American-English glossary General Lee had had printed for his men. Immediate reason: someone almost sent to the U.S. for garbage cans when there were plenty in England, disguised as "dust bins."
Other translations from the Lee glossary:
dippers--pannikins
blow torches--brazing lamps
mackinaws--reefers
kerosene--paraffin
storage batteries--accumulators
thumb tacks--drawing pins
monkey wrenches--adjustable spanners
absorbent cotton--cotton wool
bobby pins--hair grips
shovel handles--shovel helves
summer undershirts--tropical vests
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