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Apropos, Alfred de Stockholm.
Likewise, the word nabob (nawab) brought to mind Hurree Jamset Ram
Singh, "Indian
Prince, Nabob of the fictional state of Bhanipur, where he was taught a
strange version of English.
Nicknamed 'Inky'" -- from the fictional school Greyfrairs; of whom we read
as kids in the Billy Bunter books. HJRS was in the Lower Fourth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars_School
Although the coinage is not by the Portuguese, one can/may imagine
relatives of Goans who were bandmasters in many of the former princely
states talking about how well, or worse their other relative also a
bandmaster was doing in the employ of some other prince/raja, or nawab's
band: To samko nabob kosso. Kitem techo jett. Koslim techim angostram. (He
is just like a nawab! What style/affectation. Such clothes/threads.)
There is nabobery (n), nabobism (n), nabobish (adj); so we can at least
have our lott-fot nabobponn.
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venantius j pinto
From: Alfred de Tavares <[email protected]>
> To: Eric Pinto <[email protected]>, GOANET Lists
> <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Foo will titch our chillren English?
>
>
>
> Brings, nostalgically, back Spiro Agnew's formidable
> "....nattering nabobs of nepotism"...and, so on...
>
> There are real prople foo go on in that genre...
>
> Chacha.
>
>
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