Gabriel de Figueiredo wrote: Why not Portuguese? After all its one
way of maintaining "identity" in an otherwise sea of English-speaking
Indians. It would be of immense assistance to those seeking a
Portuguese nationality. Colonial language you say? What the heck is
English then?
Baba Gabriel,
The Portuguese language will keep out those dilliwallas - much to the
distress of my Gerrymandergering Barathis.
English is not a colonial language. It was first spoken on the banks
of the Mandvi River ...in prehistoric times (that is why I have no
evidence to offer you). Some chaps who later migrated to Swindon, took
it to England. (:-)
Another theory is that Chacha Alfred de Tavares took the language with
him to Sweden.....and then on to Swindon.(Again ....no evidence)
jc
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