Dear Frederiick, As I said in my disclaimer, I am no great shakes at music, but I did not mean to pull down the singer. All I did was give my honest impressions. Would you have preferred it if I didn't comment at all? I have no wish nor energy to indulge in a wordy duel on Goanet, but for your information, we were never taught Konkani when we my family members) were in Africa but we learnt it in a rather strange manner. Our household was, normally, an English speaking one but whenever my parents wanted to communicate with each other privately, they would do so in Konkani. We children often eavesdropped on them. so we were forced to learn the language if we wanted to comprehend what they were saying. They soon caught on to us though. My parents would have laughed at us outright if we had to make a mistake with the accent or diction. Add to this the longish spell that my mother and we siblings spent in Goa. With regard to non-Goans speaking Konkani, I have a Keralite friend in Vasco who speaks flawless Konkani with the Vasco accent and all the trimmings - idioms, cuss words and all. Again I have former professional colleagues whose children cannot speak Malayalam worth a cent, but speak Konkani so perfectly that one cannot identify their origins based on their speech! If the young singer has taken offense at my comment, my abject and sincere apologies! I also have no wish to carry on this conversation further. --
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