"""Hobson-Jobson"" is the short title of a book written by Henry Yule and Arthur C. Burnell, first published in 1886, that contains what?"
Hobson-Jobson language, as in the archetypal example of "Hobson-Jobson" itself. "Webster's Third International Dictionary" gives as examples of the law of Hobson-Jobson: Spanish becoming English "cockroach", and English "riding coat" becoming French . Hobson-Jobson Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive 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 Coke Burnell and first published in 1886. Burnell had died before the work was finished, and most of it
Henry Yule Henry Yule Sir Henry Yule (1 May 1820 – 30 December 1889) was a Scottish Orientalist. He published many travel books, including translations of the work of Marco Polo and "Mirabilia" by the 14th century Dominican Friar Jordanus. He was also the compiler of a dictionary of Anglo-Indian terms, the "Hobson-Jobson", along with Arthur Coke Burnell. Henry Yule was born at Inveresk near Edinburgh in Scotland on 1 May 1820. He was the youngest son of Major William Yule (1764–1839) and his wife Elizabeth Paterson (died circa 1827). William Yule had served as an officer in the Bengal army of