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Efrem May 9, 2010 9:58 pm
"Cupboard de mutation?"
 
In checking out BOM at airportmumbai.com for an upcoming trip, I noticed this in the Money and Telecommunications section of their home page:

Telecommunications centers, gift telephones, fax, Internet and photocopying, are located in both terminals. There are also telephones, land reservation counters, cupboard de mutation, ATMs and postal amenities throughout both terminals.
Never having heard of a "cupboard de mutation" before, I googled the phrase*. There were two hits on the entire Web: the page I had found, and a comparable one about facilities at CCU (Kolkata).

Can anyone here enlighten me as to what this term means, perhaps what it might be called in the UK or the US? Is it a bureau de change, a currency exchange office?
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*In quotes. If you leave off the quotes, you will find several hundred thousand pages that include each of the three words somewhere but not necessarily together.

aniruddh77 May 9, 2010 10:34 pm
Yes, I remember reading somewhere that this is a very very old term for any place (read desk/office) where some sort of "change" takes place. Over time, came to be used specifically in the context of a money changer's office. So yes, it is a bureau de change.

I will have a highly qualified linguist look up this term. As to origins, I suppose this is a relic of the early days of the British and French occupation in India.

snod08 May 11, 2010 7:41 am
Originally Posted by aniruddh77 (Post 13929085)
Yes, I remember reading somewhere that this is a very very old term for any place (read desk/office) where some sort of "change" takes place. Over time, came to be used specifically in the context of a money changer's office. So yes, it is a bureau de change.

I will have a highly qualified linguist look up this term. As to origins, I suppose this is a relic of the early days of the British and French occupation in India.
Very interesting! Never heard of this phrase before!

aniruddh77 May 13, 2010 6:17 am
Lost in translation
 
Originally Posted by aniruddh77 (Post 13929085)
Yes, I remember reading somewhere that this is a very very old term for any place (read desk/office) where some sort of "change" takes place. Over time, came to be used specifically in the context of a money changer's office. So yes, it is a bureau de change.

I will have a highly qualified linguist look up this term. As to origins, I suppose this is a relic of the early days of the British and French occupation in India.
Finally remembered where I've read this one - at the Kolkata airport ! Checked with the linguist I was talking about, and seems like this is just the result of some smart a$$ trying to "translate" what seemingly appeared to be French, to English !

Keyser May 14, 2010 3:18 pm
Originally Posted by aniruddh77 (Post 13949645)
Finally remembered where I've read this one - at the Kolkata airport ! Checked with the linguist I was talking about, and seems like this is just the result of some smart a$$ trying to "translate" what seemingly appeared to be French, to English !
hilarious....:D


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