I note and so will other Goanetters the difference in the reaction to August's rather base post and the calculated (as opposed to genuine or spontaneous) and abusive replies Selma would get in the same circumstance.
A prime example is our dear pediatrician in the currently Sandy battered Bahamas whose only riposte to the vile language used by August was a meek disagreement with translation. I don't usually criticize Goanet admin on account of the thankless and hard work they do but I was rather taken aback that August's post was not returned to him with the usual "delete inappropriate and abusive language. You must debate and discuss the issue and not attack the person" I suppose Goanet has become a forum where issues depend on persons or stated in another way it's who you know not what they say. And by the way for those who know any Konkani, either FN has been overly charitable with translation of August's abuse or overly partial. And yes FN if it is in your mind to ask me to translate the very same thing, I guarantee it will be unprintable. This especially rankles as Gabriel Figueiredo is a thorough gentleman as his history on Goanet indicates. Roland Toronto.Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا <[email protected]> wrote:I couldn't resist translating Augusto's rather colourful Konkani into -- forgive me if I get it wrong -- literary English. Here goes: On 25 October 2012 16:15, augusto pinto <[email protected]> wrote: > Zata zalear matshe ulouvn dakhoiyat. Na zalear sonn bond korun ogi > bosat! Vhodle Englishmen bolsan shenn - tumi te vhodle sukhe bopke > amkam dakhoit naka re! Keep the patronising for the whites who call > you wogs and coons and Pakis. >o > Ani zabab diunk zai zalear matxem chintun zab di; anink goo ani merde > mhaka gayeo sonvtat,
