>From the true Goan dictionary, or as they affectionately refer to it in Bardez as the >"almanac" for reasons unknown to them.......
Definitions of a Niz Goan: Anyone who says “I’ll see you tomorrow” when they really mean sometime in the next week. And so you wait for their visit, which is delayed several months. Same with “I’ll call you tomorrow”. Anyone who knows how to get somewhere, but does not know the exact streets as in “go left, then right for half a kilometer, go left again, walk 5 minutes past the church, and the house is on your left next to the temple”. These directions actually represent 75% of directions to places in Goa and works 90% of the time regardless of where you are going. Anyone who says to her/his neighbor “I agree with you on corruption in governments worldwide, opposition to the war in Iraq, Bush’s duplicity, the corporate-controlled press, but I disagree with you on our common property line which I think should move another 1 inch towards your side.” Anyone who says “Goan mangoes are the best in the world” while buying a Ratnagiri crop at the Mapusa market. Anyone who says “Details do not matter” but can tell you the exact property status of every dwelling in the vaddo going back three generations. In certain instances of clairvoyance they can predict the property status going forward two generations (this is known to happen a lot in Moira). George __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
