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A correspondent asks what "Baboo
English" Is. The word "baboo." or
"babu." Is Anglo.1ndian, and Is used
to designate tho language or phrase.
ology employed by native Indians
(chiehy Bengalis) who affect nm
English education. It Is stilted,
bornbastic and abounds In startling
contortions OF rhetoric and grammar.
A good illustration Of 1t Is given In
an incident related by traveller re.
Gently returned from India. lie says
that one day, while telegraph opera
tor in one OF the North Bengal towns.
native came to him and presented
message to be sent. This Is not
correct" he said to the native. ''Oh,
yes, it is" replied the latter. "But
it is not, persisted the operator. 1T
does not mean anything us you have
written it," Mr.. Native, however,
insisted that he knew what he was
about and threatened to report the
operator to his superior II he did not
send the message without further
delay. So the message went rs writ.
ten, and this Is the way 1t read !:
"Comc homo ut once; father danger.
ously dead"
a very good specimen Of this Baboo
English IL the following, which We
quote from tho Englishman, an In.
dian paper. It Is the argument OF o
learned pleader for IN appeal. He Is
scoring the opposing attorney:
my learned friend, with mere
wind from q teapot, thinks to brow.
beat me from my legs. But this Is
mere gorilla warfare. ! stand under
tho shoes OF my client, and only seek
to place my bone OF contention
clearly in your honor's eye. My
learned friend vainly runs amuck
upon the sheet anchors OF my case.
Your honor will be pleased enough ia
observe that my client Is a widow. q
poor chap with ono post mortem son.
a widow OF this country, your honor
will be pleased enough to observe, Is
not like widow OF your honor's
country. A widow OF this country IL
not able to eat more than one meal q
day or to wear clean clothes or to
look after man. So my poor client
had not such physic or mind as to bs
able to assault the lusty complain
ant. Yet she has been deprived OF
some OF her more valuable leather
the leather OF her nose.
my learned friend has thrown
only an argument ad hominy upon
my teeth. that my clients witnesses
are oil her own relations. But they
are near relations. Their relation
ship 10 only homeopathic. So thu
misty arguments Of my learned friend
will not hold water. At least the!
will not hold good water. Then m!
learned friend has said that there !
on the side OF his client q respectfully
witness, viz, a pleader, and sine
this witness is independent. SO II
should be beloved. But, your honor
with your honor's vast experience, l
pleased enough to observe that truth
fulness Is not SO plentiful Us black
berries in this country. And ! IN
sorry to say, though this witness is
man Of my own feathers, that Their
are in my profession black sheep {
every complexion, and some OF thel
do not always speak gospel truth
Until the witness explains what Ia
become of my clients nose leatht
he cannot be believed. He canno
be allowed to raise castle In til
air by beating upon q busl.. S'
trusting in that administration I
|, British justice on which the su
never sits, close my case.
, Just fancy listening to this for
y couple OF hours! Tho counsel froI
4 whose Kaleidoscope harangue "
q quote the above actually won u
+ case. How logical the plea OF IL
other side was Is subject wort
q consideration.