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Shepherds in Galician ports
Amando de Miguel says that Aura Grandal says that people in Ferrol, Galicia call policemen “chepas”, and that this derives from “shepherds”, which is what British engineers called the watchmen in the naval arsenals. I’m going to believe it, whether I do or not.
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28 May 2006 at 8:45 PM
[...] Re shepherds, Pío Baroja says that in the Navarre village inhabited by Silvester Paradox, hero of The adventures, inventions and mystifications of Silvester Paradox (Aventuras, inventos y mixtificaciones de Silvestre Paradox, 1901) that the local guardians of public order were called ministers (ministros). (Silvestre Paradox is very strange and very funny. It’s a disgrace that it hasn’t been translated.) Trevor on 2005/12/8 @ 18:36 in Splog, Of etymology, Liberals & locals, Pío Baroja ‹‹ Now showing ‹‹›› The best thing about Catalan terrorists… ›› [...]