Re: [Goanet] Goan Tit-Bits of Bygone Days (Armand Rodrigues)

2019-02-25 Thread Eugene Correia
In other words, tits are okay.. Your choice, as they say in India -- same-same. haha Eugene Sent from my iPad > On Feb 25, 2019, at 1:29 AM, Frederick Noronha > wrote: > > Tidbit vs. titbit > In American and Canadian English, tidbit is the preferred spelling of > the noun referring to (1) a

Re: [Goanet] Goan Tit-Bits of Bygone Days (Armand Rodrigues)

2019-02-24 Thread Frederick Noronha
Tidbit vs. titbit In American and Canadian English, tidbit is the preferred spelling of the noun referring to (1) a choice morsel or (2) a pleasing bit of something. Titbit is preferred everywhere else. Neither spelling is right or wrong. Titbit is older, but tidbit is etymologically justifiable

Re: [Goanet] Goan Tit-Bits of Bygone Days (Armand Rodrigues)

2019-02-24 Thread Eugene Correia
Goa's "tits"? A don't mind the "bits", morsels of pao. haha Eugene Sent from my iPad > On Feb 24, 2019, at 1:28 PM, Goanet Reader wrote: > > By Armand Rodrigues > acrod...@bell.net > > Dozing under a banyan tree in the noon-day sun, one's > thoughts can stray well into the past, in Goa. Some

[Goanet] Goan Tit-Bits of Bygone Days (Armand Rodrigues)

2019-02-24 Thread Goanet Reader
By Armand Rodrigues acrod...@bell.net Dozing under a banyan tree in the noon-day sun, one's thoughts can stray well into the past, in Goa. Some flashbacks are presented below. MEDICINAL * From time immemorial, panaceas for all ills have been our potent local brews. Whether made from fermented