"Joseph Viegas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Tuesday, April 23, 2002 11:27 PM Subject: [Goanet] Re: TIMES: Balcony View
> Paulo, > In a bilingual city like Ottawa, the street names are generally > marked in both official languages. Usually the English descriptor > (Street, Avenue) is after the name, while the French one is before > the name. For example: > Hunt Club Road is displayed as Chemin Hunt Club Road > Wellington Street displayed as Rue Wellington Street > Queen Elizabeth Drive as Promenade Queen Elizabeth Drive > > Could the Panjim Municipality have the same idea? > > Boogie > Formerly, at the entrance of the city of Mapusa (coming either from Panjim or from Parra) there was an avenue called "Avenida Manuel Antonio de Sousa". After the takeover of Goa by India the bust of M.A. de Sousa was replaced by that of Mahatma Gandhi and the Mahatma's name was given to the avenue. The nameplates (one at each end of the avenue) was bilingual, but in three lines, thus: Avenida Mahatma Gandhi Avenue so that one could say it either way: "Avenida Mahatma Gandhi" or "Mahatma Gandhi Avenue". I think this three-line nameplate (maybe even in three different colours) might be an idea worth being considered by the municipal councils of Goan cities and towns. As regards what Paulo wrote earlier, worse than "Rua Abade Faria Road" is the nameplate near the Holy Spirit Church of Margao: "Largo Padre Jose Vaz Road". Note the discrepancy between "Largo" and "Road". Jorge =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
