Jose Colaco's response regarding the word "Goanese" is utter balderdash. It is exactly balderdash of this sort being perpetuated into eternity that I hope to correct. Instead of providing us with reasoned proof that the word has infact become corrupted, he becomes offensive. A likely response from the doctor for while I have apologised several times on Goanet for being wrong, I have yet to see a similar response from the doctor.
So I ask the doctor again, please do provide me with proof that for the British, who coined the word, the word was indeed a pejorative. Just a few Goans getting needlessly over-defensive does not make it so. Please let me have historical proof from valid sources that the British used the word maliciously and in a disciminatory fashion in literature, press and popular writings about Goans. Please Doc, for once, put your money where your mouth is and give us the real goods instead of the Bahamian snake dance :-) Then I will gracefully accept that I am wrong. Best, selma --- On Wed, 11/25/09, Carvalho <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Carvalho <[email protected]> > Subject: Goanese ani Goan > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 3:37 AM > Here is some interesting information. > I have copied this from the Oxford dictionary, which is a > chart for the usage of the word "Goanese".
