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TOPIC :- BRIEF OVERVIEW ON HOBSON JOBSON
 Name :- Hetal Dabhi
 Semester :-3
 Paper name :- 11 ( The Postcolonial literature)
 Year :- 2018-20
 Submitted to :- S. B Gardi Department of English, MKBU.
Salman Rushdie
 Born on 19th June, 1947 in
Bombay.
 Diaspora- writer. Born in India
and Now living in England,
and he is writing from there.
 Famous for his essay and
novels.
Essay Hobson Jobson
 Hobson Jobson is a historical dictionary of
Anglo Indian words and terms from Indian
languages which came into use during the
British rule of India.
 It was written by Henry Yule and Arthur
Burnell and first publishedin 1886.
Meaning and origin
Hobson- Jobson is the short title
of Hobson- Jobson: A Glossary
colloquial Anglo-Indian Words&
Phrases ,and of kindred terms
etymological historical,
geographical and discursive.
Title of the essay...
 In Anglo Indian English, the term
Hobson Jobson referred to any festival
or entertainment but especially
ceremonies of the Mourning of
Muharram
 In origin- it's corrupted by British of Ya
Hassan! Ya Hussain Cried by Shia
Muslims
 This was then converted to Hosseen
Gosseen this , Hossy Gossy, Hossein
Jossein and ultimately Hobson Jobson.
Law of Hobson Jobson
 The term "law of Hobson Jobson" is sometimes
used in linguistics to refer to the process of
phonological change by which loanwords are
adapted to the phonology of the new language,
inthe archetypal example of "Hobson Jobson"
itself.
 Webster's Third International Dictionary gives
examples of "Hobson Johnson":
 Spanish "cucaracha" becoming
and English "riding coat" becomingFrench
"redingote"
Content in essay
 This essay Rushdie tells us how a
dictionary with Indian words for
colonizers use came into existence.
 Conversing face to face with us.
 English and Indian languages words
mingledw ith each other.
Testimony
 Rushdie considers the matter of dictionary
this,
"These thousand- add pages beare eloquent
testimony to the unparalleled intermingling...
Some examples Mixture of Indian and English
words- Hinglish are:
 "While having tiffin at the veranda of my bungalow I
spilled kedgree on my dungarees and had to go to
gymkhana in my pajamas looking like a Coolie.
 I was buying Chutney in the bazaar when a thug who
had escaped from the Chokey ran amok and killed a
wallah for his loot, creating a hullabaloo and landing
himself in the mulligatawny.
Chief interest in Hobson- Jobson
"The chief interest of Hobson Jobson... in
the richness of what one must call the
Anglo-Indian language... That language
which was in regular use just forty years
and which is now dead."
Conclusion
 Hobson-Jobson is almost, to regret the
passing of the eintimate connection that
made this linguistic kedgeree possible.
 But then one remembers what sort of
connection it was, and is moved to remark.
 Rushdie seems against the distortion of
words. He gave us some interesting
behind the word formation in English and
Indian languages.

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The Postcolonial Literature

  • 1. TOPIC :- BRIEF OVERVIEW ON HOBSON JOBSON Name :- Hetal Dabhi Semester :-3 Paper name :- 11 ( The Postcolonial literature) Year :- 2018-20 Submitted to :- S. B Gardi Department of English, MKBU.
  • 2. Salman Rushdie Born on 19th June, 1947 in Bombay. Diaspora- writer. Born in India and Now living in England, and he is writing from there. Famous for his essay and novels.
  • 3. Essay Hobson Jobson Hobson Jobson is a historical dictionary of Anglo Indian words and terms from Indian languages which came into use during the British rule of India. It was written by Henry Yule and Arthur Burnell and first publishedin 1886.
  • 4. Meaning and origin Hobson- Jobson is the short title of Hobson- Jobson: A Glossary colloquial Anglo-Indian Words& Phrases ,and of kindred terms etymological historical, geographical and discursive.
  • 5. Title of the essay... In Anglo Indian English, the term Hobson Jobson referred to any festival or entertainment but especially ceremonies of the Mourning of Muharram In origin- it's corrupted by British of Ya Hassan! Ya Hussain Cried by Shia Muslims This was then converted to Hosseen Gosseen this , Hossy Gossy, Hossein Jossein and ultimately Hobson Jobson.
  • 6. Law of Hobson Jobson The term "law of Hobson Jobson" is sometimes used in linguistics to refer to the process of phonological change by which loanwords are adapted to the phonology of the new language, inthe archetypal example of "Hobson Jobson" itself. Webster's Third International Dictionary gives examples of "Hobson Johnson": Spanish "cucaracha" becoming and English "riding coat" becomingFrench "redingote"
  • 7. Content in essay This essay Rushdie tells us how a dictionary with Indian words for colonizers use came into existence. Conversing face to face with us. English and Indian languages words mingledw ith each other.
  • 8. Testimony Rushdie considers the matter of dictionary this, "These thousand- add pages beare eloquent testimony to the unparalleled intermingling...
  • 9. Some examples Mixture of Indian and English words- Hinglish are: "While having tiffin at the veranda of my bungalow I spilled kedgree on my dungarees and had to go to gymkhana in my pajamas looking like a Coolie. I was buying Chutney in the bazaar when a thug who had escaped from the Chokey ran amok and killed a wallah for his loot, creating a hullabaloo and landing himself in the mulligatawny.
  • 10. Chief interest in Hobson- Jobson "The chief interest of Hobson Jobson... in the richness of what one must call the Anglo-Indian language... That language which was in regular use just forty years and which is now dead."
  • 11. Conclusion Hobson-Jobson is almost, to regret the passing of the eintimate connection that made this linguistic kedgeree possible. But then one remembers what sort of connection it was, and is moved to remark. Rushdie seems against the distortion of words. He gave us some interesting behind the word formation in English and Indian languages.