4 December 2016 (Sunday) – online

Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, explains how lewd military slang gave rise to ‘chitty bang bangs’ in her Post Magazine column: Language Matters.

 “Ian Fleming’s flying car came later. The original phrase referred to the permission slip soldiers needed to leave the barracks to visit local brothels.”

Please click on the following link for the complete article:
http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/2050777/how-lewd-military-slang-gave-rise-chitty-bang

Source: SCMP