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Dear Cornel,
Have you ever observed what happens when you put a couple of crabs in a
shallow pot?
Having spent many hours as a child indulging in this mindless
acticvity( As I'm sure any kid who has access to live crabs has also),
I can assure you that the following link from Wikipdeia best correctly
describes the origin of this phrase.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality
The regularity in the Goan-English use of this word is pehaps beacause
of the abundance of crabs in Goa and Goans whose thinking fit that
description.
Best Regards
Sunith
Cornel writes:
I am curious to discover, the origins of this term and what exactly it
is supposed to mean please? Is it a translation of a Konkani term? --
Sunith D Velho
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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