What an airing of bias in the guise of understanding language and linguistics! FN
Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 On 11 April 2011 15:54, J. Colaco < jc> <[email protected]> wrote: > [1] < jc> wrote: I also will suggest that the Konkani spoken by > Digambar Kamat (as an example) is pleasant to the ears. > [2] Frederick Noronha asked: Pleasant to the ears = a familiar dialect? > > RESPONSE: > > NO. > > What is known as 'ghati Marathi' is heard all over Poona. It does not > make it pleasant. The poorly spoken (I am not talking about accents, > here) English is heard all over Goa (esp the guys). It does not make > it pleasant. It is rude. > > BTW: As an example: Have you ever heard the Rangel Ribeiros > communicate? Is it not very pleasant? > > BTW: Isn't Lucknowi Urdu more pleasant and courteous than the Hyderabadi Urdu? > > If familiarity to the ear was the bar for pleasantness, ALL the loud > and 'bindass' burping, belching and flatulating heard publicly in many > parts of India, would have been pleasant. It is not. > > Have a good week ahead, guys > jc
