Re: [Goanet] Initiating, Participating and Soapboxing/ reply to Sunith

2006-11-08 Thread Carvalho
Dear Sunith, Seeing that you arrived in London just about 3 months ago, apparently the first thing you did was a ramdom survey of who was engaging in premarital sex. A survey so comprehensive, that you then had comparative data with statistics compiled by Cecil from Goa. Afterall, that is what we

[Goanet] Initiating, Participating and Soapboxing/ reply to Cecil

2006-11-08 Thread Sunith Velho
Cecil writes: Please conclusively, or at least credibly, prove that: 1) The divorce rate in Goa is spiralling 2) That pre and extra-marital sex is as prevalent in Goa as anywhere in the West. Hi Cecil, Please stop beating up on Selma. She was probably comparing the above statistics in Goa to simi

[Goanet] Initiating, Participating and Soapboxing

2006-11-07 Thread Cecil Pinto
Selma wrote: It's nice to use sentences that don't mean anything but sound good nonetheless. We have a phrase for that in Konkanni, ulloicha zaimum ulloita. Cecil replies: Please check a) Your knowledge of Konkani (vocabulary, grammar and spelling) b) Your spelling of "Konkani' as "Konkanni" c) Y

[Goanet] Initiating, Participating and Soapboxing

2006-11-06 Thread Cecil Pinto
Selma wrote: It's nice to use sentences that don't mean anything but sound good nonetheless. We have a phrase for that in Konkanni, ulloicha zaimum ulloita. Cecil replies: Please check a) Your knowledge of Konkani (vocabulary, grammar and spelling) b) Your spelling of "Konkani' as "Konkanni" c) Y

Re: [Goanet] Initiating, Participating and Soapboxing

2006-11-05 Thread Carvalho
Dear Cecil, It's nice to use sentences that don't mean anything but sound good nonetheless. We have a phrase for that in Konkanni, ulloicha zaimum ulloita. For instance, what does "vacuum of ignorance mean?". When something is filled up, even if it is with ignorance it ceases to be a vacuum. In

[Goanet] Initiating, Participating and Soapboxing

2006-11-04 Thread Cecil Pinto
Selma wrote: Well Cecil, if you think these points are worthy of discussion why don't you start the discussion? It's funny how you never tire telling some of us that we shouldn't be preaching from pulpits in the US, yet feel these points forwarded to you by "someone of Indian origin in the US" ar