Frederick Noronha (FN) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Friday, July 25, 2003 7:12 PM:
> > In a chapter recently contributed to the 'State of Goa's Health' report, > Vaidya points out that the Portuguese 'Escola Medico de Goa' (later Escola > Medico Cirurgiao de Goa) was set up in 1842 to qualify > physicians-cum-surgeons and also pharmacists. > Sorry, Fred, just two small corrections to your or Dr. Vaidya's Portuguese: (1) It is 'Escola Medica de Goa' (and not 'Medico', as 'Escola' is in the feminine gender and 'Medico' is masculine); and (2) It is not 'Escola Medico Cirurgiao' but 'Escola Medico-Cirurgica'. The tonic accent in these words is on 'e' of 'Medica', on 'e' of 'Medico' and on 'u' of 'Cirurgica'. Jorge ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
