Re: [Goanet] Portuguese Ghantis and Maharashtrian Pankles

[Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão]

On Sun,
23 Jan 2011 06:57:33 -0800, Frederick Noronha wrote: <<<Just as a
counterpoint --

for
those living in Maharashtra and Karnataka, *we* in Goa were from "beyond the
Western Ghats". We also spoke a language which was "not
understood" by them. So, isn't this all relative? Would it justify the use
of derogatory terms like 'ghanti'?

If so,
why not just call ourselves makapaos? Or, better still, dukkkor-kahus!

While
our eloquent friend Rajendra seems to have slipped while typing



"panklo",
and "fare skin", I can't pretend that I didn't understand his point!
Hardly needed a dictionary. FN Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 ::
+91-832-2409490>>>

 

RESPONSE
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“Ghanti”
is not described in any dictionary as a derogatory word. It was used by Goans
to generalise identity, just as in Konkani : “Ghatar voirlo”. Just as in
Portuguese: “Da Costa”, meaning from the coastal region.

If some
Indian called me “dukkkor-kahus”, I would not give heed, neither do I think any
Goan would mind; not even many Goans from other communities. Because we all
Goans relish Pork meat & pork sausages.

Secondly,
there is a mile of a difference between a ‘slip’ and ‘ignorance’. Nobody slips
twice at the same place unless you are clumsy. Check out the subject and
contents.

There is
an Irish saying : “Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth.”








Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.