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... thosai and sambar ' or bacon and eggs for breakfast , and offer ladies a glass of sherry , but their homogeneity is found in their attitude to and use of English : It's four o'clock and an ayah called Minnie announces the end of the ...
... thosai and sambar ' or bacon and eggs for breakfast , and offer ladies a glass of sherry , but their homogeneity is found in their attitude to and use of English : It's four o'clock and an ayah called Minnie announces the end of the ...
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Manique Gunasekera. ( ' all night kade ' ) , " thosai kade " ( ' thosai kade ' ) , " kasippu kade " ( ' kasippu kade ' ) " aappa kade " and so on . The first noun in this double noun phrase denotes the item the " kade " specializes in ...
Manique Gunasekera. ( ' all night kade ' ) , " thosai kade " ( ' thosai kade ' ) , " kasippu kade " ( ' kasippu kade ' ) " aappa kade " and so on . The first noun in this double noun phrase denotes the item the " kade " specializes in ...
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... thosai / toosee / i . " You can have thosai if you want . " i . This is a borrowing from Tamil to refer to a type of pancake made of ulundu flour , and eaten with gravy or " saambar " . 64 Sannasgala 1976 : 95 549 . thoththa baba ...
... thosai / toosee / i . " You can have thosai if you want . " i . This is a borrowing from Tamil to refer to a type of pancake made of ulundu flour , and eaten with gravy or " saambar " . 64 Sannasgala 1976 : 95 549 . thoththa baba ...
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Acknowledgments | 7 |
Elitist English | 33 |
Mixing Languages | 49 |
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