Dear Santosh, No dispute with you my friend,carry on. To me it is more important that the prize should be awarded than its nomenclature be discussed. I had made my suggestion. Goenchem Prize.So be it. Amen(i.e. I accept). And the winner is..... Yup,that's the important person who has done an important thing. Cheers,Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Santosh Helekar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Re:Goencho or Goenchem
> In a message dated 7/22/03 11:19:08 PM Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > >Dear Santosh, > >On this point I could not agree with you. If you are interested in > >the correct usage the prize should be called 'Goemcho inaam'. A prize is masculine in Konkani...just like our Chimbelcho cheddo. > Dear Miguel: I thought the word prize would be better, compared to puroskar, inaam, bokxish or prem because: a) non-Konkani speaking Goans are eligible to receive this prize, and b) this word has already become part of the conversational Konknni lexicon in Goa. > They insist that prize is feminine. Mind you, these people are not . > Santosh --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.502 / Virus Database: 300 - Release Date: 7/18/2003 ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
