Eugene Correia <[email protected]> wrote: Read JC's link and the points raised therein.
BTW, Nehru was very, very good at English....You cannot attack him on mangling the English language as some of our present politicians do. His politics may have not appealed to many and, as usual, he had his critics. COMMENT: 1: Nehru's knowledge of the English language is not being disputed here. After all, he had a personal tutor, did he not? (No phun intended) 2: It is submitted that the most knowledgeable of Englishmen are known to use the term "Paki". And sure ...all such words will enter the lexicon. 3: It is not that the word "Paki" cannot be grammatically right or wrong. It is like the word "Ghanti" or "Pahadi" or "Nigger" or "Bhangi" or 'Kallu" or "Sudra" etc. It depends on how it is used.....and which bigot uses it. 4: The same with the use of the word "Goanese" (erroneous as I believe it is linguistically). Those who do not get it at this stage ....will never get it. jc
