"What's the Turkish for 'Give me some beer,' anyhow?" one had just asked.
"Bana bira ver," replied the young subaltern. "But you won't easily get it, you know. Moslems don't drink it."
"Do they grow grapes?" asked another.
"Oh yes; yuzum 's the word."
"Don't they make 'em into wine, then?"
"They're not supposed to, but I daresay you might get some if you said Bana sharab ver very politely."
"You won't want it, Ted," said a third. "We've plenty of our own stuff. Our Australian wine is as good as any."
"Besides," said the man they were questioning, "you won't get many opportunities of making requisitions of that sort. There aren't any inns in Gallipoli, you know."
"What's the Turkish for inn?"
"Khan."