From: luis rodrigues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Goanet]RE:Typical Goan 'XIRAP'
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:46:21 +0100 (BST)
Joe,
Are you especially against " Males " only and have a
very corner in your heart for " Females"? Then why all
your xirap ends with " RE"???
Would you please specify??????
Regards ani mojoi tuka xirap re,
Luis Rodrigues
Chimbel / Dubai
"RE" is not restricted to males.
Only young girls may be addressed as "go". Married and
elder females are addressed "re".
Exceptions galore:
All higher caste females, girls, babies are "re" for the rest.
Similarly all "other" females are "go" for the higher castes.
But the higher castes would never address an old "ayah" or
most other family retainers as anything but "re" and accorded
all respect due the family elders.
Alfred
