A reader wrote me: My friend came across the following song while doing
some background research for his dissertation, and there’s a word that
escapes us i...
June 01, 2005
Bonjour maa
'Bonjour maa' is a hybrid French-Tamil expression that translates as 'Good day, dear lady'. It is 'one of the most frequently heard greetings in Pondichery' and also the title of a linguistic study by Leena Kelkar-Stephan that describes the results of the encounter between French and Tamil in the erstwhile colony.
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