10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOBSON-JOBSON»
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Hobson-
Jobson: The Anglo-Indian Dictionary
Bungalow, pyjamas, tiffin, veranda, curry, cheroot, chintz, calico, gingham, mango, junk and catamaran are all words which have crept into the English language from the days of Britain's colonial rule of the Indian sub-continent and the ...
Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell,
1996
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Hobson-
Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India
India, 'at the same time noble and mean, serious and trivial, pathetic and cruel,
comical and tragic'.35 Chaudhuri saw Hobson—jobson as a work not only of
historical significance, but of relevance to con— temporary upper—class Indians.
Henry Yule, A. C. Burnell, Kate Teltscher,
2013
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A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases: ...
Reprint of the second (1939) edition of the work that is still the standard source-book of the Anglo-Indian language.
Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke,
1995
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The Magic of
Hobson Jobson
But will his bad luck get in the way? A fascinating story of an unlikely hero, The Magic of Hobson-Jobson will take you on a breathtaking journey across wondrous lands.
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Hobson-
Jobson 2 Part Set: Being a Glossary of Anglo-Indian ...
Published in 1886, this dictionary gives the definition and origin of over two thousand words in common use in colonial India.
Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell,
2010
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In Another Country: Colonialism, Culture, and the English ...
In 1886 Colonel Henry Yule and Dr. A. C. Burnell published Hobson-Jobson: A
Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms,
Etymological, Historical, Geographic and Discursive.*5 Claiming that the
dictionary ...
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Capital and Labour Redefined: India and the Third World
A number of years before Hobson-Jobson, Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay, that
unusual Bengali babu (he would always be Babu Bankim Chandra Chatterjee to
his British contemporaries, though R.C. Dutt, ICS, would attain the dignity of ...
In the tradition of "Hobson-jobson, this dictionary contains Indo.
Numerous instances of the use of the word are given in Hobson- Jobson, s.v.
Martaban. 1 Seep. 150, n. 2. • Ava was the centre of a Burmese-Shan state at this
time, and was distinct from the more purely Burmese Kingdom of Taungu, already
...
Duarte Barbosa, Mansel Longworth Dames,
2002
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The Library of Enno Littman 1875-1958
)Kst. Pol., 38) 745 WULLF, K. Über das Verhältnis des Malayo-Polynesischen
zum Indochinesischen. 1942. (157 p.) (KDVS HFM 27 2) pap. 746 YULE, H., and
А. C. BURNELL. Hobson-Jobson. A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words
and ...
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Amitav Ghosh: Thunder From The East
... the very end), spiced with colourful 19th century Indianisms straight out of Hobson-Jobson, as she imparts Victorian sex-education lessons to ... «Huffington Post India, Jul 15»
Bamboo Universe
In its range, plenitude and continuing relevance, Yule's article on bamboo reveals some of the pleasures of reading Hobson-Jobson. «OUPblog, Jun 15»
We keep gambling with nature but the bet will run out: Amitav Ghosh
One needs to keep the Hobson-Jobson (the glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words) on standby when reading the Trilogy which is sprinkled ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
From plitter to drabbletail: the words we love
Anglo-Indians had their own vocabulary, not a million miles from some of the entries in Hobson-Jobson, so I had always thought of the term as ... «The Guardian, May 15»
An epic journey (in Hobson-Jobsonese) through the first Opium War …
As an avid reader of both Hobson-Jobson (the dictionary of Anglo-Indian slang) and Patrick O'Brian, I thought that the trilogy, set in the First ... «Spectator.co.uk, May 15»
From Kargil and Gilgit: The delightful cross-border world of Balti music
... contemporary Indian/Pakistani (jhankar beats, electronic keyboards, drum machines) but the lyrics are a Hobson-Jobson of languages: Hindi, ... «Scroll.in, Apr 15»
Indlish all the way
... definitely deserve to supplement the entertaining glossary of Anglo-Indian words called Hobson-Jobson, which the British had begun. «Deccan Herald, Apr 15»
10 Hinglish puns illustrated just the way you've always heard them …
The result was Hobson-Jobson: "A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms etymological, historical, ... «Scroll.in, Apr 15»
Some Messy History Behind A Fight Over A Restaurant Called 'Chop …
"According to Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India, the noted Anglo-Indian dictionary published in 1886, the phrase ... «NPR, Mar 15»
the baffling politics of Indian place names
And a glance in Hobson-Jobson, the century-old Anglo-Indian glossary, tells us that Bombay has been spelt variously by the British, French and ... «Financial Times, Mar 15»