Talk:Hobson-Jobson

Other examples offered by Arapaima have been moved over on discussion page :

 * "candiru" (a tropical minute dangerous fish, Vandellia cirrhosa, who can swim up one's urethra...), coming from the fish name in spanish : "cañero" (= plumber).
 * "to dally" (to wind a rope around a saddle horn), coming from the spanish "da le la vuelta !" ("twist it around !").
 * "keskidee" (slur meaning "a Frenchman") : from the question "Qu'est-ce qu'il dit ?" ("What is he saying ?") often asked by the companions of an english-speaking frenchman.
 * "dago" (slur meaning "hispanic") : from the spanish christian name Diego.

Need confirmation for candiru ety. Seems a stretch to me.

keskidee needs attestation.

dally and dago incorporated in etymologies.

All Wiktonary entries that use term hobson-jobson will appear in see also. DCDuring TALK 09:48, 26 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks DCD, and what is a stretch ? Every anglo-saxon trying to say "canero" I heard actually said "candiru". Is that a stretch ? Arapaima 07:22, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

RFV discussion
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Requests_for_verification?diff=7108617