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Here is a telephone-related Konkani joke taken from John D'Silva's audio cassette "PORZOLL":

TELEPHONE NUMBOR TOPAS

John:   Dotor, oh dotor!  Dotor!

Dotor:  Kitem zalam re?  Konn aila?

John:   Hanv ailam mure; Sontiag aila.

Dotor:  Kitem zalam?

John:   Ponnje ek phone korunk zai aslo.  Caitu lagim ulovnk zai aslem.
        Caituche maincho ghov mela mhunn sangonk zai aslem.

Dotor:  Ha-ha.

John:   Phone kelear zata?

Dotor:  Kor, kor.

John phone gunvddaita.

Female auto recording:  Tumi gunvddail’lo number topasun polloieat.
        Tumi gunvddail’lo number topasun polloieat.

John:   Kiteak?

Female auto recording:  Please check the number you have dialed.
        Please check the number you have dialed.

John:   Agho, hoi, punn kiteak gho?

Female auto recording:  Tumi gunvddail’lo number topasun polloieat
        Tumi gunvddail’lo number topasun polloieat

John:   Kiteak kai mhunnttam mungo hanv?

Female auto recording:  Please check the number you have dialed
        Please check the number you have dialed

John:   Agho, tum kansar zainam gho?  Hanv kansar zalom.

Female auto recording:  Tumi gunvddail’lo num….

John phone sokol dovorta.

John:   Dotor bab, tum topasunk kitle duddu ghetat?

Dotor:  Konnank topasunk zai re?

John:   Ho numbor topasunk zai.  Ti bail sangta ‘tumi gunvddail’lo numbor
        topasun polloieat mhunnon.  Dekun hea numbrak kitem zalam tem
        topasun polloi.

Dotor:  Hanv numbor topastam mhunnon tuka konnem sanglam re?

John:   Ti bail sangta num re – ‘tumi gunvddail’lo numbor topasun pollieat
        mhunnon.  Dekun numbracho X-Ray kadd ani numbrachim haddam
        moddleant zalear poi.

Dotor:  Ugi rav!

Moi-mogan,

Domnic Fernandes, author of "Domnic's Goa – A nostalgic romp through a bygone era"
Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA
Tel: (966 3) 877-2744; Home: (966 3) 876-2676; Mobile: (966 5) 0281-9101

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