> FN: Is there something as a "gentler Goan era"? If so, when did that > commence,and when did it end?
jc Comment: I believe that Gabriel has written most eloquently about the 'gentler era'. Like others, I too do not know when it commenced. IF Frederick claims (feigns) that he does not know when it ended, I have a fair idea when it ended. > FN: If we don't accept the diversity of dialect and script within Konkani, > then we're just the other side of the Devanagari coin, jc Comment: I will assume that FN meant to write "Devanagri Only" in the sentence above. I add that FN is confusing genteelness and courtesy with dialect and script. Example: Urdu can be spoken politely or not so politely. A visit to Lucknow or Hyderabad will provide us with examples of both. I'd venture to say that the courtesy in spoken Urdu is disappearing from the Urdu now being spoken in Hyderabad (Deccan). > Tony de Sa: Languages evolve. A language which is static is a dead language. jc Comment : True. Konkani (like Urdu and Hindustani ) were evolving with Portuguese, Sanskrit ( and Sanskrit, Persian) and other words. That is until the Know-it-all, My way or highway, Zhalacch Pahije crowd took over. I hope we can agree that Evolution develops ..... and is not Imposed. jc
