Hi Paulo, Thanks for the response. I smell a trap. Do you want me to challenge you to find the word "malcurad" in a Portuguese dictionary? Well, I am not going to walk into that one!
We are talking about mangoes (or mangos!) here. Not Ambea or Mangas. I have shown that, in English, the term mankurad is in common usage today for that variety. The key references are the papers presented at the 5th Mango Symposium in Israel and at the 6th Mango Symposium, Thailand. I have given you the urls. Unfortunately I am not qualified to speak about the Konkani or Portuguese appellations for this or the other words you mention. Certainly, no dictionary I have looked at lists the varieties of mangoes, so you have set me an impossible task! However, I will concede that we were talking at cross-purposes. I was discussing current English practice and you were concerned about the origins. Regards Eddie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paulo Colaco Dias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 2:12 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Re: TIMES: Balcony View > Eddie, I will not disagree with you as long as you prove it through an > accredited Konkani dictionary that those words are Konkani words. > > The portuguese words you mentioned (caril for curry, cha for tea, manga for > mango, etc) are indeed included in any Portuguese dictionary. > > If you can find "Mankurad", "sucegad", "vistid", "jurament", etc in an > accredited Konkani dictionary, I will stand corrected. > > Best regards, > paulo. > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
