Dear Netters, I still cannot fathom why the good Dotor Jose Colaco keeps taking postings off goanet into a closed loop[without even a cc to goanet!]. Also I cannot understand his need to 'umpire' beyond TGF [not enough subscribers to satisfy his need ?] . A little bit of jest on Goanet should not provoke the good dotor...specially as the jest is not aimed at him. Where is his sense of humour ? Lost in the website links, on-line lexicon, dictionary and thesaurus ???
There is also absolutely no need to 'label' Mr.Nair as a 'court jester'. It isn't funny. It isn't decent, either. One would expect better 'education' enroute to a medical degree,specially the pre-1961 version. Compare it with Gabe's simple response to the posting of Mr.Nair : ***> Ha, ha, ha I did a lot of things in the threatre when I was much younger.***** And Gabe could have been genuinely offended. Imagine doing it in a theatre, now! Viva Goa . Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Radhakrishnan Nair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 6:21 PM Subject: Re: Gabe gets his in theatres - recent posting from GoaNet > Hi, all! > > I stand corrected. No offences were meant; it was done in jest.> > We in India usually use that word in the context of the third meaning listed > by Jose Colaco. So I thought it was funny. Never imagined it would provoke > such an outrage! > Sorry, everybody! I don't wish to enter into any further intercourse on this > matter. -- R.K. Nair > > > >From: Jose Colaco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, jose lourenco > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Eddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Miguel > >Braganza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ligorio Soares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Valmiki Faleiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jose > >Colaco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: Gabe gets his in theatres - recent posting from GoaNet > >Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 04:41:18 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > >[Message: 4 > >From: "Radhakrishnan Nair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:51:24 +0530 > >Subject: [Goanet]malapropism > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Gabe Menezes in his enthusiasm to defend his case has > >committed a malapropism. > > > >He writes: "The powers that be, know, where I am and I > >would welcome any intercourse with them, in any > >theatre of their choosing, at any time and place which > >is mutually accepted!" > > > >Hopefullly, he meant "discourse" and not the word > >actually used. -- R.K. Nair ] > > > > > >Dear all, > > > >Don't know who this "CORRECTOR" of Gabe is. > > > >Hopefully, he/she is NOT a teacher of English, or a > >journalist. > > > >Hopefully, he/she has written the above in jest; hence > >a court jester (:-) > > > > > >here are some references: from MERRIAM-WEBSTER > >dictionary at foot of > >http://www.colaco.net/welcome.htm > > > > > > > >BTW: I wonder WHAT was "malaprop" in Gabe's usage of > >the word. > > > >jc > > > > > >__________ > > > >INTERCOURSE. > > > >Pronunciation: 'in-t&r-"kOrs, -"kors > >Function: noun > >Etymology: Middle English intercurse, probably from > >Middle French entrecours, from Medieval Latin > >intercursus, from Latin, act of running between, from > >intercurrere to run between, from inter- + currere to > >run -- > > > >Date: 15th century > > > >1 : connection or dealings between persons or groups > >2 : exchange especially of thoughts or feelings > >3 : physical sexual contact between individuals > > > >_________ > > > > > >DISCOURSE > > > >Pronunciation: 'dis-"kOrs, -"kors, dis-' > >Function: noun > >Etymology: Middle English discours, from Medieval > >Latin & Late Latin discursus; Medieval Latin, > >argument, from Late Latin, conversation, from Latin, > >act of running about, from discurrere to run about, > >from dis- + currere to run -- > > > >Date: 14th century > > > >1 archaic : the capacity of orderly thought or > >procedure : RATIONALITY > >2 : verbal interchange of ideas; especially : > >CONVERSATION > >3 a : formal and orderly and usually extended > >expression of thought on a subject b : connected > >speech or writing c : a linguistic unit (as a > >conversation or a story) larger than a sentence > >4 obsolete : social familiarity > > > >___________ > > > > > >MALAPROPISM > > > >Pronunciation: 'ma-l&-"prä-"pi-z&m > >Function: noun > >Etymology: Mrs. Malaprop, character noted for her > >misuse of words in R. B. Sheridan's comedy The Rivals > >(1775) > > > >Date: 1849 > > > >1 : the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or > >distortion of a word or phrase; especially : the use > >of a word sounding somewhat like the one intended but > >ludicrously wrong in the context ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gabe Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 4:20 PM Subject: Re: Gabe gets his in theatres - recent posting from GoaNet ***> Ha, ha, ha I did a lot of things in the threatre when I was much younger.***** > > I did respond to the post but some how it did not get through. > > As per the dictionary , Intercourse - communication or exchange between > individuals, mutual dealings...... > > Thanks Agnelo for your response. > > cheers, > > Gabe. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Agnelo Mascarenhas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 10:25 AM > Subject: Re: Gabe gets his in theatres - recent posting from GoaNet > > sorry Cecil, Gabe is perfectly right in the usage of > > "intercourse". > > http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=intercourse > > http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary > > > > OTOH see: > > http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=malapropism > > mal·a·prop·ism n. > > Ludicrous misuse of a word, especially by confusion > > with one of similar sound. > > An example of such misuse. > > > > agnelo > > > > --- Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Message: 4 > > > From: "Radhakrishnan Nair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:51:24 +0530 > > > Subject: [Goanet]malapropism > > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. 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