I think that 'caneco' arose from the fact that Goan Catholics, in spite of having adopted Portuguese ways in many respects, chose to ignore the use of toilet paper and preferred to use mugs of water to clean themselves. The Portuguese found this amusing - people wearing western clothes, speaking Portuguese, culturally Portuguese in many ways - but using mugs of water after they defecated. Hence the derogatory nickname. Tino
On Wed, Jun 5, 2024 at 1:08 AM Frederick Noronha < [email protected]> wrote: > Just a reminder on what the earlier discussion on this issue said (in > case anyone is interested). Via Goanet: > > > - [Goanet] Canecos > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094786.html> > *Carvalho* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094801.html> > *Gabriel de Figueiredo* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094805.html> > *Carvalho* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094808.html> > *Antonio Menezes* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094857.html> > *Alfred de Tavares* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094871.html> > *Roland Francis* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094966.html> > *Alfred de Tavares* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094916.html> > *Victor Rangel-Ribeiro* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094814.html> > *Carvalho* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094825.html> > *Gabriel de Figueiredo* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094840.html> > *Santosh Helekar* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094833.html> > *Gilbert Lawrence* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094859.html> > *Carvalho* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094868.html> > *Gilbert Lawrence* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094884.html> > *Monica Reis* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094891.html> > *Bernado Colaco* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094898.html> > *Carvalho* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094929.html> > *Gabe Menezes* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094930.html> > *Venantius Pinto* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094949.html> > *Gilbert Lawrence* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094964.html> > *Mario Goveia* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094973.html> > *Gabe Menezes* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/094977.html> > *Con Menezes* > - [Goanet] Canecos and other racial slurs > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/095011.html> > *Carvalho* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/095022.html> > *Antonio Menezes* > - [Goanet] Canecos > > <http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/095226.html> > *Victor Rangel-Ribeiro* > > > > > > [Goanet-News] Goanet highlights: Who or what is a caneco? (Selma Carvalho) > <https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]&q=subject:%22%5C%5BGoanet%5C-News%5C%5D+Goanet+highlights%5C%3A+Who+or+what+is+a+caneco%5C%3F+%5C%28Selma%09Carvalho%5C%29%22&o=newest> > > Goanet News > <https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]&q=from:%22Goanet+News%22> > Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:11:54 -0700 > <https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]&q=date:20090719> > > Goanet highlights by Selma Carvalho > > One of the interesting discussion on Goanet has been about the word > “canecos”. The Portuguese used this word, often as a racial slur, for > Catholic Goans but opinions were divided as to its actual meaning. > Here are some of the more interesting viewpoints shared by Goanet > members. > > Gabriel de > Figueiredo:http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/179875.html > > Bernado > Colaco:http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/179941.html > > Monica Reis of the Indo-Portuguese Art Research > Project:http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/179934.html > > Con > Menezes:http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/180027.html > > Although a consensus was not reached on its actual meaning, there is a > strong possibility that it is a corruption of the word “canarims,” the > old Portuguese word for people of the Konkan coast. 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