You learn something everyday.

[Rogue Chef]

I was chatting to one our translators who explained to me that Gibraltar is a derivation of the Arabic "Jabal Tariq" meaning the mountain of Tariq. The Berber Umayyad general Tariq ibn-Ziyad, under the orders of Caliph Al-Walid I, led the initial incursion into Iberia in advance of the main Moorish force in 711.

[Hyperlithe]

And Yemen gets its name from the arabic word for right (As in the opposite of left...) Can't remember why though!
There are lots of Arabic words now used in the English language...
Among them are commonly-used words like "sugar" (sukkar), "cotton" (quṭn) and "magazine" (maḫāzin). English words more recognizably of Arabic origin include "algebra", "alcohol", "alchemy", "alkali" and "zenith."

[Rogue Chef]

So how many Cockneys realised they are speaking Arabic when they say "Oi, take a shufti at this bint in the magazine"?

[Rogue Chef]

Contrary to the title of this thread, I didn't learn anything to-day.
Wait a minute. That's not right. I did learn something. I learned that the saying is not true. Damn "liar paradox"!
How weird is that?