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Article #118Re: "Sambo's" etymology [was: California dining advice needed.]
From: Mark Shaw
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 22:19
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 22:19
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In article <H4dVb.21288$So6.17998@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com>, Robert Lauriston <robert@lauriston.com> wrote: >Tim May wrote: >> Alas, the niggardly reaction to the name "Sambo's," belying a deep Mr. May should probably look up the word "niggardly" in a dictionary. It doesn't mean what he seems to think it does. >> ignorance of the origin of the name, caused that chain to change its >> name (and eventually liquidate, as I recall...only one "Sambo's" >> remains, in Santa Barbara). > >The word "sambo" came from American Spanish and means Negro or mulatto. Whatever. The story is about an Indian child. >The restaurant name was a concatenation of the nicknames of the >founders, Sam Battistone and Newell "Bo" Bohnett. When they discovered >the old children's book Little Black Sambo, by Helen Bannerman, they >adopted the character as their mascot. Despite its Indian setting, >Bannerman's Sambo was a black caricature. > >The restaurant never changed its name. > >What was that you were saying about deep ignorance? [followups] -- Mark Shaw contact info at homepage --> http://www.panix.com/~mshaw ======================================================================== Jane's Law: The party in power is smug and arrogant; the party out of power is insane.
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From: mshaw@bangnetcom.com (Mark Shaw)
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Subject: Re: "Sambo's" etymology [was: California dining advice needed.]
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