The Globe Trotter in India Two Hundred Years Ago, And Other Indian Studies
The Globe Trotter in India Two Hundred Years Ago, And Other Indian Studies
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95 memsahib, purdah lady, travellers* bungalow. In several of these hybrids we have additional in- stances of the tendency to corrupt unfamiliar into familiar sounds. Mr. Stanley Lane Poole says that " John Company " was originally Jahan- Kumpani (Company of the World), the name given by the natives of India to the United East India Company. The kalij pheasant of the Himalayas is rather absurdly converted into a college-pheasant, much as Uxford, the river ford (c/. Uxbridge), was changed into O...xford. Jack, in "Jack-fruit" is a corruption of the Malay chakka, or rather of the Portuguese word derived from the Malay.
" First chop " was originally first c/iap, or fii'st stiimp, chilp being the word wo are familiar with in chdpakhdna, a printing house. According to Yule, "quite the cheese" is literally quite the thing, " cheese " being a corruption of the common Hindustani word chiZf a thing. He also traces the ofiending word in a phrase generally supposed to savour of bhisphemj^ to an Indian origin, in ddm, the name of a copper coin worth a fortieth part of a rupee.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
95 memsahib, purdah lady, travellers* bungalow. In several of these hybrids we have additional in- stances of the tendency to corrupt unfamiliar into familiar sounds. Mr. Stanley Lane Poole says that " John Company " was originally Jahan- Kumpani (Company of the World), the name given by the natives of India to the United East India Company. The kalij pheasant of the Himalayas is rather absurdly converted into a college-pheasant, much as Uxford, the river ford (c/. Uxbridge), was changed into O...xford. Jack, in "Jack-fruit" is a corruption of the Malay chakka, or rather of the Portuguese word derived from the Malay.
" First chop " was originally first c/iap, or fii'st stiimp, chilp being the word wo are familiar with in chdpakhdna, a printing house. According to Yule, "quite the cheese" is literally quite the thing, " cheese " being a corruption of the common Hindustani word chiZf a thing. He also traces the ofiending word in a phrase generally supposed to savour of bhisphemj^ to an Indian origin, in ddm, the name of a copper coin worth a fortieth part of a rupee.
What to read after The Globe Trotter in India Two Hundred Years Ago, And Other Indian Studies?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Macmillan, Michael, 1853- to read onlineMoreLess
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