Bannalkar pixe? Ani Moiddekar konnu? Well, Santos Pereira, that was a welcome change from the habitual cats-n-dogs stuff we are treated to in this forum.
Yeah, for a change, why can't we laugh together at what makes us so typically ONE in our Goan-ness? Wasn't it the great ManoharRai SarDessai who sang in one of his Konkani poems: "The Goan is a Hindu, a Kristanv, a Moir (Muslim) here in Goa. (Read also Bamonn, Chadd'do, Sudir). Out of Goa he is all Goan?" Somehow, (at least some) Goanetters seem to belie our great man and many other greats who stood for and were ready to die for whatever unites Goans. Would that we at least attempted to follow them! Coming to our village sobriquets (isn't this so very unique of us, Goans?), I could come up with a few more in a couple of days. Would need to consult some Filsu Mauxi ... For now, I have already hinted at the Moiddekars! And what about some of the nicknames in our villages? In my village, for example, some of the famous characters connected with my childhood were Xempeam Mingueli, Mui Ruzar, Bena-peri-zuanv (whatever that means!), Dentt, Kolo, Chunvlli, Xenddio, Botto (Bannalkars out there, do you hear any bells?) And in the vicinity of Benaulim, there was Unddea Ord (half a bread loaf) and Fuskeam Pai (I need not translate that)! Well, if others are game, we could have a a truckload of them here, with malice towards none! To end, Mario Vicente, are you a Bannalkar by any chance? The only Santos Pereira family I know is from my village ... Moi-mogan, Joaquim. _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
