Why don't Xaxtikars just go ahead and speak their own language? Why do they accept it being given second place -- delegitimised by Devanagari Konkani (which discards everything else), and even Bardezi among their co-religionists (who place the Xaxti dialect in the mouth of the comedian, at best)? Here's my friend Shashi Punaji, speaking proudly in the Pednem dialect https://youtu.be/WFVzfluvVqk He even uses slang like 'bai hovro' (a profanity for others, but a term of endearment for Pednekars!) At one stage, sometime in the late 1980s or early 1990s, Shashi and team organised a Konkani conference in Pernem town. They went ahead in holding the whole inaugural session of the literary meet in the Pednem dialect... and nobody could do a thing! Their place, their language, their rules... I support diversity flourishing in languages, and beyond. FN
On Sun, 19 Sept 2021 at 18:00, Linken Fernandes <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, terrific showmanship by Ruben in this video (http://t.ly/dWaD), and > to think he's only 20! I thought of the Crazy Russian Hacker for a moment! > The decision to stay Sashti couldn't have been easy. It's rare for public > speakers to speak, much less meme, in Sashti, even in Sashti! They'll get > themselves in all manner of twists spouting a mix of church Konkani and > Bardezi, quite often fumbling over their constructions, and, then, > gratefully lapsing into Sashtti to rescue themselves! It's not funny. > I can't believe it's over fifteen years ago we proposed in the Chandor > People's Plan that we begin speaking on public platforms in the local > lingo, but, no dice. Football matches and the van making panchayat or other > public announcements continue to favour the hybrid. I, of course, went out > of my way to speak Sashtti during the campaign for the Plan, even though > I'm fluent in Bardezi, through neighbours in Bombaim, sorry, Bomboi. > More power to you, Ruben! Capostade! (wink emoji!) > ᐧ ᐧ
