Dear Dear Vivian,
You are the first person who has appreciated what I had to say.
To tell you frankly, I was totally disturbed at the way this guy just said
it.
With your permission, I am going to put up this post everywhere because
GOANS must know that if they despise their own MOTHER TONGUE and run away
from it as if it a leper they are running away, GOA will be hard to SAVE.
Goans shud read the history of Jews and Israel.
We don't need to even write it. But it is important that we SPEAK IT.
Because, this is the onliest link that connects one to his mother GOA.
I just love you for what you had to say, Vivian.
Thank you very very much.
B/rgds
floriano
goasuraj
9890470896
PS: I shall not wait for your permission as I know you will never say 'NO'
----- Original Message -----
From: Vivian A. DSouza
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 7:00 PM
Subject: Goencar..................
I appreciated your posts. You stated it like it is. Although I was not
born in Goa nor brought up or educated in Goa, I speak Konkani proudly. As
a child, my parents spoke to us in English
presumably to give us the opportunity to speak English in school, but
amongst themselves they
spoke in Konkani. Children are smart and pick up and understand Konkani by
listening to their
parents although not spoken to in Konkani.
As a result when I came to Goa, I picked up Konkani very quickly and speak
it all the time. When
talking to young Goans in Goa, they respond to me in English even though I
persist to speak to them in Konkani. Why is this the case ?
As for your childhood friend who claims to have forgotten Konkani, this is
all bloody hogwash.
I came to Goa at the age of 62 and yet the Konkani that I heard as a child
came back to me very
quickly after 50 some years. I left East Africa 43 years ago and can still
converse in Kiswahili.
Anyone who claims to have forgotten his mother tongue, especially someone
born and brought up in Goa, deserves all the expletives hurled against him.
Keep it up !
Vivian (currently in my other home in the USA)
