The Japs cannot pronounce 'L'
. So, the word "English" became igirisu in Japanese tongue.
Where did the word
Assassin come from?
Hash-shashin in Arabic, refers to an ancient Ismail-Persian sect, skilled in the art of killing. (sort of Arabic Ninjas). They lived in N. Iran near Alamoot between 780-1330AD; and were also called as Nissari's. They secretly formed a society that organised political and religious murders of the noblemen of antipathetic sects.