When I was at secondary school in the ’60s the term ‘bint’ was quite common and due to the alliterative nature of the word it was normally used in a more perjorative manner. This became a real issue for one girl in my form whose surname was Bint. She was so upset by it all that in the end she changed her name by deed poll.

Rod

Not Cynthia Deedpoll of class 4B?