Frederick Noronha wrote: [1] But then, putting down people on the basis of their inadequate knowledge of a certain language is also a definite Goan trait, isn't it?
[2] the Sri Lankans did work themselves into a deadly situation by completely delegitimising Tamil way back in the 1950s.) Bernado Colaco wrote: [3] I thought Ms. Carmen was only making a correction to the anomalia in the article, but then our amigo natural do Brasil went on a word rampage. Comment: a: I personally believe that Carmen Miranda's intervention was quite appropriate. Some Goans and Goan-wannabes are quite well known for their 'anomalias' (hope there is such a word). Here are some examples, the first one comes from an official tourism brochure: Dona Paula (the tragic love story of Dona and Paula) Ha!; Hospicio Hospital, Rua .....Road, etc b: I was intrigued by the FN comment [1]. By ticking off Carmen for her 'put down' of another, FN engaged in his own version of 'put down'. Well done, Frederick. Extremely well done. c: wrt to the FN Sri Lanka comment [2], I do not know how it is connected to Carmen's appropriate advise to stop this fake-Portuguese nonsense e.g. Viva la Goa and Viva la Portugal. If FN had reviewed the actions of the Bandaranaike(the father) era and connected it to the underlying fear that the Sinhala population had of the hard work (and better educational performances) of the Tamil population, he would not have brought that matter up in this discussion. It is perhaps coincidental that Bandaranaike shared the first four alphabets of his surname with Bandodkar, the one who commanded the enterprise which commenced the process of wiping out the distinct identity of Goa 40+ years ago. jc
