Talk:Burgher people

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[edit] Mico

I deleted this sentence from the History section:

  Their mestiço children were often called 'micos' 
  (a corruption from the Portuguese word for 'mechanic').

This sounds strange, can anyone confirm it? My dictionary (Aurélio) has only one entry for mico, namely "monkey" (from Carib miko). This is probably an old (16th century) loan. So perhaps that was just an ethnic slur? (And perhaps someone got the wrong idea from "monkey wrench"?)
Jorge Stolfi 19:56, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Deleting the mico word does not mean they wre not called as such.
User:RaveenS 11:29, 4 March 2006 (EST)

That is not the point, the point is to give the correct and complete information. The etymology must be correct, and if it is an ethnic slur, that must be said. Moreover, for completeness, we should also report how the mestizos called to the Portuguese children. (After all, there is far too much peace in this world, don't you think so? 8-) Jorge Stolfi 23:33, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Burghers

Was Keith Potger from the Australian musical group, The Seekers a burgher? He was listed as a Sri Lankan Australian, surley they wouldn't have pit him in that catergory if he was simply a European who was born in Ski Lanka (e.g. Vivian Leigh)

Danielle De Niese (opera singer, Dutch and Sri Lankan) should probably be added, too. ~~Mimi~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.244.97.178 (talk) 00:37, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

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I'd like some pictures of Burghers, preferably with different degrees of whiteness/Sinhalaness. --84.20.17.84 14:55, 9 February 2007 (UTC)