Dear Fredi, Maza tuza ala kantala. Hindi and Marathi were forced upon us by neo colonialists. But do you not understand that loads of bharat are now learning hinglish. What a bindas chap yaar you are Fredi?
B. Colaco --- "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi 'bharati' Bernado: I learnt Hindi and Marathi in > the 'seventies in > schools in Goa. My parents' and the earlier > generation's attitude was > similar to your's. They felt the languages were > being 'imposed' on us. > Some of that sentiment rubbed off onto us. > Fortunately *some*. > > But today, when I travel to places like Mumbai > (Bombay/Bombaim), > Bangalore, and elsewhere in this sub-continent sized > country, I'm > grateful for having learnt sufficient of both > languages to understand. > ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
