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.


In: The Hindus: An Alternative History, p. 30.

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...