Hi Cecil I have always believed that Kunbi dress in Goa is the traditional dress. Are there alternative views? On another point, I did note some time ago, names of famous (mainly English) writers 'attached' to current Goanet wordsmiths and that you came off rather well. I have also enjoyed your humourous material--please keep it up. In the meantime, you may find these words and meanings helpful in relation to phobias. I came across them in one of our papers and felt there was no harm in sharing them on Goanet. Agyrophobia-fear of streets or crossing a street. (I'll add, especially in Goa road traffic!) Ambulophobia-walking. Apeirophobia-infinity. Barophobia-gravity Bibliophobia-books. Cathisophobia-sitting (presumably when dying to go out of the Mandovi for a fag!) Chromatophobia-colours. Chrometophobia-money (is this really possible?) Consecotaleophobia-chopsticks. Domatophobia-houses or being in a house. Dysmorphobia-deformity. Eleutherophobia-freedom. Eosophobia-dawn or daylight. Epistemophobia- knowledge. Euphobia-hearing good news. Geliphobia-laughter. Gerascophobia-growing old. Geumaphobia-taste. Graphobhobia-writing or handwriting. Hedonophobia-feeling pleasure. (is this possible I ask?) Heliphobia-the sun. Hippopotmonstrosesquippedaliophobia--long words! Hyelophobia-glass. Kinetophobia-movement or motion Koinoniphobia-rooms Lachanophobia-vegetables. Laliophobia-speaking. Linononophobia-string. Macrophobia-long waits (especially for a fag?) Mnemophobia-memories. Myxophobia-slime. (Miguel, as a biologist, would this one be correct?) Nephophobia-clouds. novercaphobia-your stepmother. numerophobia-numbers. nyctophobia-the dark or night. octophobia-the figure 8. oneirophobia-dreams. ophthalmophobia-being stared at. optophobia-opening one's eyes. (Surely every morning!) papaphobia-the Pope. papyrophobia-paper. paraskavedekatriaphobia-Friday the 13th.(good one this!) pedophobia-children. phagophobia-swallowing or eating or being eaten. phonophobia-noises or voices or one's own voice or telephones. photophobia-light. phronemophobia-thinking. politicophobia-politicians (presumably, especially in Goa?) psychophobia-mind. satanophobia-the devil. sciophobiao or sciaphobia-shadows. sociophobio-society or people. somniphobia-sleep. sophophobia-learning. tachophobia-speed. (on Goa roads again?) thermophobia-heat. venutraphobia-beautiful women. Can this ever be true Cecil or Gabe? verbophobia-words. vestiphobia-clothing. xenoglossophobia-foreign languages. zelophobia-animals.
Cecil, this list was compiled by a researcher called Snoobar Patel but I can't vouch for authenticity. Most will not be in a standard dictionary nor on the Net. Hopefully some of the words will come in useful re your many writings. Regards Cornel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cecil Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 6:51 AM Subject: [Goanet] What is Goa's traditional dress? _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
