Bond: Time for Cecil Pinto to get into action ;-)
On a more serious note, I think your comments below, while entertaining and certainly not untrue, are also unfair! For one, the names reflect the changing influences on a tiny society at the periphery of the planet, as it were. Just how some sections of Goans shifted from Konkani to Portuguese to English or Marathi... all in the space of less than a century. The "good old days" had some equally ludicrous names ... but probably there weren't as many medical formulations around then to remind you of the oddities. At the end of the day, I think we Goans are caught badly in a 'good old days' trip, which might sound nostalgic when juxtaposed against fading (not-so-pleasant) memories, but simply isn't realistic. Thought-provoking post all the same... FN On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Sarabond wrote: > Catholic names. > > Good old days we heard of the names like Assumsao, Dolorosa, Pantaleao, > Mingelinho, Conssecao, Purificacao etc, > Later came the names of every possible saint. i.e.- Peter, Paul, Steven, > Anthony, Jeronimo, Lawrence, Elizabeth, etc. > Soon they became short names Tony, Jerry, Lawry/Larry, Liza, etc. > Than cames the British & Americans names like - Kurt, Berthy, Betty, Kim, > Sam, Kennedy, Clinton, Raisa, Maggie, etc. > Followd by Indianized Prakash, Sanjay, Sanjeet, Sandeep, Vijay, Vivek, > Sonia, Indira, Jyothi, so on. > But now we see & hear a lot of names made up and they sound like medical > formulas like Joma made from Joseph & Maria, > Brunelle - (Bruno& Nelita), Ausmaton - (Austin, Maria and village saint Sant > Anton), Cosnita - (Cosme & Anita), Savia (Savio & Maria) and the list will > go on. > I am sure there will be many more ways that this naming pattern has come to > stay. > Would be nice to see if our netters could produce & share more like this > that would be interesting to read. > > - 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 # ##########################################################################
