# What does the Arabic/Hebrew script on this hat say? Link to pic **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 4, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-arabic-hebrew-script-on-this-hat-say-link-to-pic/598507 "2011-10-04T01:56:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-arabic-hebrew-script-on-this-hat-say-link-to-pic/598507/1 "2011-10-04T01:56:53Z")
[Hat in question](http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/204/img20111003214130.jpg/) What does the text say? ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-arabic-hebrew-script-on-this-hat-say-link-to-pic/598507/2 "2011-10-04T02:25:08Z")
Sorry, can’t help. It is Arabic, not Hebrew. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-arabic-hebrew-script-on-this-hat-say-link-to-pic/598507/3 "2011-10-04T03:09:11Z")
Yes it’s Arabic, but the script style isn’t easy for me to read and I think it might be colloquial Arabic. I’m pretty sure that the letters are, reading from right to left: fa’ ya’ shin (final form) ba’ (with damma vowel) nun (final form) That would transliterate to something that in roman script would look more or less like _feesh_ [or _faysh_] _bun_, and I haven’t a clue what it’s supposed to mean. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-arabic-hebrew-script-on-this-hat-say-link-to-pic/598507/4 "2011-10-04T12:21:24Z")
Yup. Says “fish bun”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-arabic-hebrew-script-on-this-hat-say-link-to-pic/598507/5 "2011-10-04T19:41:10Z")
The manufacturer’s brand name of the hat ion the inside tag is “Fishbone” but I thought that was just the hat manufacturer and the lettering was someone’s logo. I suppose it’s possible it says “fishbone” ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-arabic-hebrew-script-on-this-hat-say-link-to-pic/598507/6 "2011-10-04T20:01:39Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Yup. Says “fish bun”. > > 🙂 Or, according to Google Translate, “Ben Fish” 🙂 (فيـش بُن) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-arabic-hebrew-script-on-this-hat-say-link-to-pic/598507/7 "2011-10-04T21:08:54Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-arabic-hebrew-script-on-this-hat-say-link-to-pic/598507/8 "2011-10-05T06:22:25Z")
> [@astro](#): > > The manufacturer’s brand name of the hat ion the inside tag is “Fishbone” but I thought that was just the hat manufacturer and the lettering was someone’s logo. I suppose it’s possible it says “fishbone” :eek: Well, I’ll be a son of a Patagonian postal worker. I never even thought of the possibility that the “Arabic” might just be transliterated English.