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Maca pauh stems from the sentence deva maka pauh. It so happended that Goans who arrived in Mumbai with their gods on their shoulders and created the kudds, could not stand the sights while crossing rail tracks. It was a virtual mine field. The chappies �working� on the tracks would often hear maka pauh, hence the verbiage! B. Cola�o --- Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ########################################################################## > # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] # > # Want to check the archives? > http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # > # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to > reflect respect to others # > ########################################################################## > > Interesting ;-) Do you too get called the same, or > do they have a special > derogatory term for Goans? Likewise, what do you > think of terms like > Goanese, Maca Pau, etc? FN > > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Bernado Colaco wrote: > > > In HK an indian is called acha (from acha hai). In > the > > UK paki. > > > > B. Cola�o > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
