Hi Gabriel, Thanks for digging that information out for me. Much appreciated. I wonder if VRR would see this post and comment on why they called the rest of us "canecos". What did it actually mean?
Best, selma --- On Sat, 7/11/09, 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: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 7:31 AM > > Could also mean a "mug"? Doing a web search revealed > "caneco de cerveja" = "stein of beer". > > See VRR's post at > https://mailman.rice.edu/pipermail/sasialit/2007-August/012150.html > VRR writes: In Goa, which was a Portuguese colony in > those days, the > "mestizos" were the equivalent of the Anglo-Indians. They > were people of mixed > Portuguese and Goan descent, and to them the rest of us > were "canecos". In soccer > games, where the local team would usually run rings > around the Portuguese > team, the mestizos would call out "Canelada! Canelada!", > which translates to kick > them in the shins.
