Comments on: India Photo: The Fancy Store http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/2009/07/india-photo-the-fancy-store/ Thoughts and Experiences of an Expat Living in India Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:50:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Ramit http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/2009/07/india-photo-the-fancy-store/comment-page-1/#comment-1876 Ramit Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:22:50 +0000 http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/?p=2634#comment-1876 Very funny! Very funny!

]]> By: Sharell http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/2009/07/india-photo-the-fancy-store/comment-page-1/#comment-1283 Sharell Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:19:26 +0000 http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/?p=2634#comment-1283 I may have just glanced over it and not taken much notice since I don't need that kind of assistance... but if it would make them grow, it might be a different story! ;-) I may have just glanced over it and not taken much notice since I don’t need that kind of assistance… but if it would make them grow, it might be a different story! ;-)

]]> By: Can't Beat 'Em Join 'Em http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/2009/07/india-photo-the-fancy-store/comment-page-1/#comment-1274 Can't Beat 'Em Join 'Em Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:45:33 +0000 http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/?p=2634#comment-1274 Not bigger, Sharrell, but it is supposed to make them firmer. Surprised you've not seen it. Its in every store. You've seen it but didn't know what it was. Not bigger, Sharrell, but it is supposed to make them firmer. Surprised you’ve not seen it. Its in every store. You’ve seen it but didn’t know what it was.

]]> By: IP http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/2009/07/india-photo-the-fancy-store/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 IP Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:51:42 +0000 http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/?p=2634#comment-1237 clarence fernandez Pardon my ignorance. clarence fernandez

Pardon my ignorance.

]]> By: Sharell http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/2009/07/india-photo-the-fancy-store/comment-page-1/#comment-1233 Sharell Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:28:11 +0000 http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/?p=2634#comment-1233 Thanks Clarence! So much interesting information. It does make sense about the origins of the fancy store. :-) Thanks Clarence! So much interesting information. It does make sense about the origins of the fancy store. :-)

]]> By: clarence fernandez http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/2009/07/india-photo-the-fancy-store/comment-page-1/#comment-1228 clarence fernandez Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:08:54 +0000 http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/?p=2634#comment-1228 hey this is a lovely blog and i have enjoyed reading it. i hate to be a pedant but somebody points out that fancy stores are an indian twist -- they aren't really. and i don't imagine kitty party is either. fancy store is actually a holdover from the victorian era when things that might be calculated to appeal to women, or just seize the imagination generally were called fancies, e.g. lace, ribbons, buttons and that sort of thing. so by extension, naturally a fancy store sells that kind of stuff -- only over the course of time it probably proved a lot more profitable to the owner to branch out into general grocery or provision type things, so that now you can find quite an assortment of stuff under a single roof. like "eve-teasing" it's just another one of those words that have survived in india while its usage has ebbed away pretty much everywhere else, i suspect. here is a link to a reference about a book called "handbook for the boy fancier" which uses the word in the sense i have been discussing, just in case you are interested -- and which also points out that boy fancier today would be taken to refer to something that is pretty nearly illegal... http://books.google.com.sg/books?id=vtChCoG6veMC&pg=PA193&lpg=PA193&dq=handbook+for+the+boy+fancier&source=bl&ots=LAT_TemHs3&sig=1pdwlZWlL6OnsB8-PD9zAPYlNSE&hl=en&ei=xhFcSsuqOJL_kAXqzaDnDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1. at risk of having your eyes glaze over, let me also add that you can even see the book illustrated in another book, called Bizarre Books, by Brian Lake and Russell Ash. cheers clarence hey this is a lovely blog and i have enjoyed reading it.
i hate to be a pedant but somebody points out that fancy stores are an indian twist — they aren’t really. and i don’t imagine kitty party is either.
fancy store is actually a holdover from the victorian era when things that might be calculated to appeal to women, or just seize the imagination generally were called fancies, e.g. lace, ribbons, buttons and that sort of thing. so by extension, naturally a fancy store sells that kind of stuff — only over the course of time it probably proved a lot more profitable to the owner to branch out into general grocery or provision type things, so that now you can find quite an assortment of stuff under a single roof. like “eve-teasing” it’s just another one of those words that have survived in india while its usage has ebbed away pretty much everywhere else, i suspect.
here is a link to a reference about a book called “handbook for the boy fancier” which uses the word in the sense i have been discussing, just in case you are interested — and which also points out that boy fancier today would be taken to refer to something that is pretty nearly illegal…
http://books.google.com.sg/books?id=vtChCoG6veMC&pg=PA193&lpg=PA193&dq=handbook+for+the+boy+fancier&source=bl&ots=LAT_TemHs3&sig=1pdwlZWlL6OnsB8-PD9zAPYlNSE&hl=en&ei=xhFcSsuqOJL_kAXqzaDnDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1.
at risk of having your eyes glaze over, let me also add that you can even see the book illustrated in another book, called Bizarre Books, by Brian Lake and Russell Ash.
cheers
clarence

]]> By: Sharell http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/2009/07/india-photo-the-fancy-store/comment-page-1/#comment-1163 Sharell Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:15:43 +0000 http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/?p=2634#comment-1163 Haven't heard of that one! Will it make mine bigger or what? :-P Haven’t heard of that one! Will it make mine bigger or what? :-P

]]> By: Can't Beat 'Em Join 'Em http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/2009/07/india-photo-the-fancy-store/comment-page-1/#comment-1156 Can't Beat 'Em Join 'Em Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:51:38 +0000 http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/?p=2634#comment-1156 What about that breast cream they sell there? What about that breast cream they sell there?

]]> By: Sharell http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/2009/07/india-photo-the-fancy-store/comment-page-1/#comment-1122 Sharell Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:02:06 +0000 http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/?p=2634#comment-1122 Ah, that sort of encounter! ;-) Felicitation must be too much of a big word for the laid back Aussie vocabulary. It doesn't extend very far! :-P Ah, that sort of encounter! ;-) Felicitation must be too much of a big word for the laid back Aussie vocabulary. It doesn’t extend very far! :-P

]]> By: PGB http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/2009/07/india-photo-the-fancy-store/comment-page-1/#comment-1121 PGB Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:58:37 +0000 http://www.whiteindianhousewife.com/?p=2634#comment-1121 Encounter as in "a known gangster had an encounter with the cops" ... made famous by Mumbai cops .... I am sure you know by now ;) .... I thought "felicitation" was a common word :? ... CVS is a pharmacy chain in US ... you kind of get some food stuff and other house hold items as well ... Encounter as in “a known gangster had an encounter with the cops” … made famous by Mumbai cops …. I am sure you know by now ;) ….
I thought “felicitation” was a common word :? … CVS is a pharmacy chain in US … you kind of get some food stuff and other house hold items as well …

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