Since when have eminent cardiologists turned
linguists? With such depth and humour, I've
noticed over some time? Or am I mixing Yorrick's
bro. for someone else? Whichever Eric, this IS
great. Gimme more!
Two bits on spoken Konkani in Goa (as I hear it.)
It differs from one of Goa's river banks to the other.
In a place like Salcete, from one village boundary
to the other. In AVC (Assolna-Velim-Cuncolim) from
one house door to another :-)
-Valmiki
On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 eric pinto wrote :
A Barcelona Jesuit, Pe. Jorda, published a
Konkanni-English
I noticed a small change,
however - the language has acquired a shade of marathi.
they now have a new Goan bishop. I hope the man is up to his
Devnagiri, because those expat Goans of many generations live
and breathe >marathi.
With Roman, we speak >alphabetic, as opposed to the
Amhara-Sanskrit syllabic,
'Hav arr yoo, Pinta' is a daily greeting at work from
Elena, a >Russian. The Slavs use o when they mean to say a, a
mix that gets fatal at a >late night Kosovo ethnic ambush:
Muslims say Kosovo, it is Kosova to the >Serbs. We will never
arrive at that.
eric
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