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From: augusto pinto
To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
Cc: Valmiki Faleiro
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 10:28 AM
Subject: [Goanet] GOAN NAMES
Dears
I think Valmiki Faleiro's Herald Sunday Mirror article series on Goan names
is quite hilarious. But underlying the humour is the
fact
Dears
I think Valmiki Faleiro's Herald Sunday Mirror article series on Goan names
is quite hilarious. But underlying the humour is the fact that giving a name
to a child is a political act. An act whereby the identity of the child is
sought to be defined. Somewhere after India's independence and
Dear Valmiki,
Interesting how there are different spellings for Hedwig (German) in
Portuguese, as from the French and German forms -- Edviges / Edwiges and
Hedviges.
Neat piece. Thanks.
venantius
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From: Valmiki Faleiro valmi...@gmail.com
GOAN NAMES
By Valmiki
GOAN NAMES
By Valmiki Faleiro
Heard of a famous contemporary Goan named Filipe Antonio Sebastiao do Rosario
Ferrao? Or Shivaji da Silveira Faleiro? Or Ubaldo Antonio Delton Arquimedes
Alemao?
(I’ve omitted one giveaway name in each case.) Do I hear you ask, “Filipe,
Shivaji,
Ubaldo, who?”
GOAN NAMES – VALMIKI
By Valmiki Faleiro
Goa, as we saw last Sunday, has only six ‘Valmikis’ … per the local phone
directory,
that is. Five of them are Catholics. Of these, one is the well-known diocesan
priest,
Fr. Valmiki Dias Gonsalves, the other is the irreverent chap you’re presently
GOAN NAMES, SURNAMES AND …
By Valmiki Faleiro
Goan names are often interesting. Even surnames. And, best of all, our
nicknames!
Let us delve a bit into this delightful subject over the next few Sundays.
Permit me to
talk with no particular reverence. But, before I’m accused of poking fun at
