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--- Helga do R. Gomes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now that you have commented on the major one (i.e.
should Goan Canadians be Gonadians or plain
Canadians which is what Mario wants you guys to be)
would you care to comment on the minor?
Mario clarifies:
What Mario suggests, with all due
Dear Cecil,
I won't dignify any post that calls me mentally
challenged, with a response. I think the quality of
that post speaks for itself.
I consider the topic closed from my side.
Thank you,
Selma
--- Cecil Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Cecil
Hi Ben,
Would it make you feel better if I told you there are Knights of this order?
Check out http://gonadianknights.com/ Seems like my post has spawned two
parallel discussions - not bad for an etymologically challenged
oceanographer! Now that you have commented on the major one (i.e. should
How abt 'Amigos' for American Goans...:)
Edward Verdes
Helga, can you come up with something similar for Goans in America,
Australia, Portugal, England
too.
Regards,
George
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Toronto based writer Ben Antao responded to me privately regarding the term
Helga has coined. I am sharing his mail below with you all with Ben's
explicit permission.
Cheers!
Cecil
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At 09:35 PM 8/22/06 +0530, you wrote:
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From: Ben Antao ben.antao
I disagree with Ben. Gonadians is great coinage, especially if we Goans want
to have a laugh at
our expense.
Helga, can you come up with something similar for Goans in America, Australia,
Portugal, England
too.
Regards,
George
From: Ben Antao ben.antao at rogers.com
Dear Cecil:
Please
--- Cecil Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Cecil:
Please tell that Helga that she's has no literary
imagination to coin
that horrible word Gonadians. The word is dreadful
in taste and
mindless in style.
ETC ETC ETC!
Ben Antao prefers: Canadian Goans!
Nasci jokes:
Canadian Goans or
Dear Cecil,
There was no need to berate Helga publicly. Helga has
no claims to being the literati of Goa. She had merely
written a witty post on the subject of inculcating our
culture in second-generation expats.
Far from discussing the contents of her subject, I am
dismayed that you saw it fit
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