law of Hobson-Jobson

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Etymology

Coined by Edward Ellis Morris; based on Hobson-Jobson.[1]

Noun

law of Hobson-Jobson

  1. The "rule" that words or phrases borrowed between languages will be modified in their pronunciation as necessary to conform to the set of sounds used by the borrowing language.
    • 1898, Edward Ellis Morris, Austral English, page xv:
      In many places in the Dictionary, I find I have used the expression ‘the law of Hobson-Jobson.’ The name is an adaptation from the expression used by Col. Yule and Mr. Burnell as a name for their interesting Dictionary of Anglo-Indian words. The law is well recognised, though it has lacked a name, such as I now venture to give it.
  • 1921, John Stephen Farmer, s.v. "Tommy-axe", A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English Slang and Its Analogues, page 482
    Tommy-axe. A corruption of tomahawk: an instance of the law of Hobson-Jobson (q.v.).

    • References

    1. ^ James Lambert (2014) “A much tortured expression: A new look at Hobson-Jobson.”, in International Journal of Lexicography‎, volume 27, number 1, pages 54-88
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