Dear Basilio Magno, At least Rui Manuel Collaco has clearly stated that he is a Mocambique-born,Portuguese national now living in Portugal and that Portuguese is his mother tongue.[Please read his posts again,if you like].I am happy to come across a man like him who is clear who he is. We may disagree on other points,but we cannot disagree on this. I cannot say the same about the thing called Bernado Colaco aka Xac.
When Rui is clear who he is,why do you want to call him a Goan and impose Konkani on him.It will be the reverse of what the Goa-born confused nationals used to do when they told their children,"Nao falla nossa lingua." Amchi bhas uloi naka. Portuguese is a nice language.Why should Rui not speak his mother tongue and be proud of it? The new generation Goans proudly write that English is their mother tongue after the official [GSB]konkani has given them a complex about their knowledge of their mother tongue.And mothers have begun speaking English at home so that their children are not at sea in Standard V,the transition year from Konkani medium to English medium of instruction in school. Your Roman script Konkani is not legal tender here in Goa. Your children in Spain may love Konkani you write; our children study the official konkani in devnagri script as a foreign language in Goa.It is not 'Amchi Bhas'.Even I had to learn the official version in the post-1987 era. Even the nouns are different["motorcycle" becomes "danv'shirem"]It was like a shift from Windows 3.0 to the Windows ME---software not compatible. I am with you in the peace appeal. I won't sing,I may be blamed if it rains after the croaking! Warm regards, Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Magno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 12:11 AM Subject: [Goanet]LET'S HAVE PEACE -a song > > Hi Goanetters, > In the face of the war of words raging on Goanet lately regarding subjects > that ought not to have appeared on the Net > like bashing Christian religion, insulting a Portuguse Goan > calling 'quisling', maliciously calling Indian-Goans 'Bharatis' > etc, permit me to sing to you my song of Peace. Afterall we are all Goans, be British, German, Portuguese, Indian. > or of any other nationality. What matters is that we are > Goans and our Motherlongue is Konkani. Basilio Magno (Spain) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.514 / Virus Database: 312 - Release Date: 8/28/2003 ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
