Talk:Burgher people

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)

Wikipedia itself defines mestiço as derived from Latin and meaning mixed. The Portugese word for 'mechanic'is - as could be expected- 'mecânico', not 'mico'.

'Momkey wrench has nothing to do with Monkeys but comes from "Moncky": Charles Moncky, is the inventor of the Moncky wrench, that became the Monkey wrench. Just like the 'black box' is not black but was invented by someone called 'Black' User:Ed —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.159.132.62 (talk) 05:53, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

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)

The word 'Burgher' does not come from 'Vrij Burgher'. It simply comes from 'Burgher' that is a dutch word for a citizen and as such had certain rights. Yes they where 'free'(Vrij), but the word Burgher itself has no linkage with the word 'vrij'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.159.132.62 (talk) 05:44, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Picture

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

Nigel Barker?

Since when was Nigel Barker a Burgher person? Burghers are a community of people from Sri Lanka who have resulted from colonists and locals mixing. Nigel's mom was a Sri Lankan model who moved to the UK and married an English man. AyanP (talk) 20:32, 25 April 2010 (UTC)Ayan

Who is a Burgher?

I have a question. When a foreigner has a child with a Sri Lankan, is this child automatically considered a Burgher? Or is a Burgher only somebody who has ancestors from colonial times? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.27.171.130 (talk) 01:15, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

I am a Sri Lankan and I have worked in 2001 census. People of Sri Lanka (Sri Lankan or foreigners with Sri Lankan origin) with ancestry to European colonists are considered Burgher. This term is not associated to child of any foreigner marrying in Sri Lanka, even he/she comes from any former colonial powers. Malayan people of Sri Lanka who arrived in the country during the Dutch period or Tamil people who arrived during the British period are never considered Burgher.--Fahim (talk) 13:45, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Guy Sebastian?

Where is the evidence to support the theory that Guy Sebastian is descendant from the Burgher people???

Minimal details are available that his father Ivan is of Sri Lankan descent, while his mother Nellie has an English and Portuguese background and was raised in India. Guy Sebastian was born in Malaysia and the family moved to Australia in 1988 when he was 6 years old. Sebastian is an Australian citizen and is married to an Australian woman whose parents are of Irish heritage.

I do think having Sebastian's image here as a notable Burgher particularly as there is no mention whatsoever in the main article to support that - is a big stretch and I would like to remove the image if there is no available data to support it being here on this article.

Dee 114.78.31.119 (talk) 23:20, 15 May 2010 (UTC)