During my Seminary High School days, our good old Padre Filinto Dias would surprise us sometimes with the orthography of certain words which had come to be universally misspelt (and mis-pronounced) by Portuguese-speaking Goans. He taught us to write SARAPATEL. Incidentally, Sarapatel, also known as Sarrabulho (Cf. SAMPAIO E MELO, Dicionario de Portugues; JAIME DE SEGUIER, Dicionario Pratico Ilustrado, among other lexicons) is commonly referred to and written by Portuguese-speaking Goans as SORPATEL, by English-speaking Goans as SORPOTEL, and by Konkani-speaking Goans (at least from my Saxtti) as SORPTEL. Interestingly, both the above mentioned Luso-Brazilian dictionaries trace the word to the original Spanish "zarapatel." Could it be that sorpotel/sorpatel/sarpatel/sorptel originated in the kitchens of Spain?
J. Loiola Pereira. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gomes, Anthony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 6:14 PM Subject: RE: [Goanet]Some origin of ( SARA-PA-TEL) I tend to agree that the origin of Sarpatel may indeed be African. ... I found the comments of EF rather interesting in regards to the origin of Sarpatel or Sarabulho. Anthony Gomes, MD. -----Original Message----- From: sarabond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 3:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet]Some origin of ( SARA-PA-TEL) SARAPATEL sounds more like a Gujarati dish !! SORPOTEL ... really sounds tasty and Goan. Viva. - Alfonso Bond Braganza ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
