First It all started when I read the footnote and was informed by a person called Charles-Thomas Maillard de Tournon that the people of the islands and where and Indigenous priest who went to Ceylon came from CANARIAN ,,,Charles says really it is CANARIN.
Secondly I thought Charles was English. I was hopelessly wrong he was no ordinary person ..He was was A Papal Legate and Cardinal to the East Indies and China. Thirdly also known as Carlo Tommaso Whather Italian or Spanish or Portuguese , I think Goans will think this si fishy ! Now Bernando Colaco, in UK says the Portuguese actually called us CANECO or empty vessels ....How insulting ...Goans actually Empty Headed ...I suspect this a case with WEG. Fourthly: I am not angry with Bernando. But very angry with those Two Commanders ....Admiral Albuquerque and Captain Vasco De Gama .....they were quite cruel guys, greedy, a few pieces of silver and they took a pocketful of paper. Retailed in tiny tiny tea spoons. Finally perhaps the Portuguese used an acronym :GOAN Generally (G) Occupied (O) Always (A) Nifty (N) If we do not even know our Community(Christians, Hindus, Muslim and even Jewish) Identity we are in deep trouble Grandolfo is
