A literal reply: literal, and not a literary attempt: If capable then speak (show by speaking). If not, shut your maw (mouth) and stay quiet/sit quietly. Grand Englishmen -- crap in pocket (full of it/shit) -- Ye, do not you, show us those massive yet empty chomps (fictitious dry, and toothless). (in Kokani): Tumi ti patrad (tem shannyaponn) dorat gorea lokank lagon -- je tumcam muntat** "wogs" ani "coon" ani "Paki." **(vo oxxeam utrani tumcam pachartat!).
And if wishing to tend a response (disposed to respond), then think a bit before you say it (give voice); and I do not wish to hear about feces and merde. (French for excrement, Portuguese: merda). PS: I decided against translating wogs, coons, and Pakis. +++++++++++++ venantius j pinto Message: 7 > Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 21:22:17 +0530 > From: Frederick FN Noronha ????????? ???????? *??????? ??????? > <[email protected]> > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > <[email protected]> > > > 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. > > > > Ani zabab diunk zai zalear matxem chintun zab di; anink goo ani merde > > mhaka aikunk naka. > > QUOTE > > If you are able, speak out loud now. Or forever forfeit your right to > ever contradict on this point. If not, simply lock your jaws and > respect the silence. O ye Englishmen, standing on a heap of dung. > Please do not display your dry parachutes just for the sake of > impressing us. Zai zalear Hippi lokache paim poddat, jem tumka disbor > gayeo sonvtat, > > Bite your tongue before you risk a reply. I simply don't want to hear > the jargon that grinds hard on my eardrums. > > UNQUOTE > > Sorry, colloquial Konkani is just too colourful to even attempt! Oh, > the hazards of working at a cyber-call centre (like Goanet) for free! > Even the Gabes and the Gabriels will not act as an archangel to the > distressed. FN
