Re: GILES Cartoon - ERK

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Posted by Tom Napier on December 19, 2013 at 03:37:35 user Didymus.

In Reply to: Re: GILES Cartoon - ERK posted by Mike Dennis on December 19, 2013 at 23:34:04:

"but origin unknown"
A pure guess based on an allusion on Wikipedia. "Erk" sounds like a contraction/corruption of "aircraftman," the rank's official title.



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