We were the only family in our circle of friends in Dubai, who spoke Konkani in
the house. We were the butt of jokes and snide remarks but for some reason Mum
stuck to her guns and made us speak Konkani. Despite this, I repeatedly topped
the class in English, while those Goans who spoke English in the house ate
crow. I think, my English is okay, no man? :-)
selma
--- On Thu, 9/4/08, floriano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on.
>
> Inspite of that when I went to college, I hardly could
> speak a full sentence
> in English at a time. But that was a temporary setback
> because the English
> grammatical foundation was perfect.
>
