Thanks Gabriel, but I'm afraid it was not that benign :-) best, selma
--- On Fri, 7/10/09, Gabriel de Figueiredo <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Gabriel de Figueiredo <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Canecos > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, July 10, 2009, 8:35 PM > > Gente da costa de Concão (people of the Konkan coast), > perhaps ... > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Carvalho <[email protected]> > To: estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, 10 July, 2009 11:19:53 PM > Subject: [Goanet] Canecos > > > > The Portuguese often used the word Canecos as a racial slur > for Goans. The word according to the dictionary means a > pitcher or jug or a top-hat. I don't know the exact > colloquial translation of the word. Can anyone shed some > light. > > best, > selma > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. > Show me how: http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mail >
