########################################################################## # Goanetters-2004 meet in Goa. Dec 21, Tuesday. 12 noon to 2 pm. # # Clube Vasco, Near Municipal Garden, Panjim. Pass the word around! # ##########################################################################
> > I have observed that a lot of the Indians in the US with a Hindi background, > converse with each other in Hindi. That is not the case always about > Goans, who tend to make more use of English. So, any amount of Konkanni > literature, devised with all the modern methods and gadgets maybe of > little use to those who really don't have the basics of Konkanni. All of us > have > picked up the language, more by listening to it than reading it. > > Nagesh > > >Dear Nagesh: So very true. If there is a typical Goan-Catholic idiosyncrasy is this one. A psychological indisposition to use Konkani as a way of home conversation. Even in Goa, Goan-Catholics, after a little education in English, they discard Konkani. Is this, perhaps, a colonial hangover of "konkani pertence na cozinha" (konkani belongs to the kitchen), which has become part of the psyche of the Goan-Catholic? I am always troubled by this. Basilio Monteiro
