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Quotes from The Hindus — Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty

born 1940 United States

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James Joyce, in his novel Finnegans Wake, in 1939, punned on the word “Hindoo” (as the British used to spell it), joking that it came from the names of two Irishmen, Hin-nessy and Doo-ley: “This is the hindoo Shimar Shin between the dooley boy and the hinnessy.

The Hindus (2009)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.