The translation
Alsoran Also ran
Knoteetinghamm not-eating-ham/Nottingham. (Get it, halal eating Robin Hood fans?)
Cherif of Knoteetinghamm - Sheriff of Nottingham/ the boss in Knoteetinghamm
Caravan Airline
Ceeaddlewash Seattle Washington
Parmbeich sur Mer Palm Beach, home of the now defunct McDonnell
Douglas Corporation
Wun-twoloose Toulouse
Autocamel - Airbus
Phorewealdryve Four wheel drive (as with many of these tongue twisters, it helps if you say it aloud)
Gull Fnewz Gulf News newspaper
(the fabled) Doubleparkoutsidetheshwamashoppe Double park outside the swahma shop (You need to have driven in Dubai and come back to you car to find your car blocked by a large phorewealdryve with darkened windows to really appreciate this one.)
Marcelhardcel Marcel hard sell, a small dig at the tactics of aircraft salesmen, ( the swift talking camel salesman from far off Wun-twoloose.")
Autocamels demandeth both hands beith firmly placed upon their reins at all times to controlleth them a not too subtle did at the once popular habit among the Locals of driving with one foot up on the dashboard. (Not seen too often these days, but when the Caravan was written, a quite common sight.)
Conch shell mobile phone
Majornogoitem Major no-go item
Foreign cameleers Expat pilots
Expurtexpat tribe the expert expat tribe
Yasser Wateverusay Yes sir, whatever you say
Nicelittlearner Nice little earner
Effohs FOs
Miserly bin Beancounter bean counters/accountants. (When The Caravan was first published, the chief bean counter at EK had a surname that, rather appropriately, sounded very close to miserly.)
Longlunchbreak Long lunch break (something much beloved by many in the Dubai of yore)
Parker bin Pehn tribe Parker pen pilots, whose log books did not always accurately reflect their actual experience
Strynnes bin Dnunda The Strines (Australians) from Down Under
Ozmate Australia (From the true story of a Malaysian captain asking an Australian FO where he came from and getting the bewildering reply Oz mate.)
Golepostes Goal posts, as elusive for Effohs today as they were in ancient Knoteetinghamm