Stop, Cecil, not even in jest, we should not pick on dear Veronica over pickled english - his is the real thing - Frisian, the Dutch coastal dialect that floated over the Channel to Britain. Near identical to english, its spoken by a quarter of a million people: the link to Veronica - he was raised in Goa on Frisian Girl condensed milk, shipped in during his 'decades of nostalgia'. For those who remember St.Pauli Girl beer - it is the name of Bremen's red light district! eric.
--- Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A. Veronica Fernandes wrote: > The Bhembros, the Mauzos, the Kelekars, the > Shivdases and others are not to be trusted anymore. > This is my firm > opinion. > > > ------ > > Dear Veronica, > > 1) Should we stop trusting all people with these > surnames? > 2) Can you provide us with a list of surnames that > identify trustworthy people? > 3) Is it a coincidence that the surnames you mention > are also the surnames > of stalwarts of the Konkani movement? > 4) Your attacks on the English language are well > appreciated. But surely > there must be some better way of advancing the > Konkani cause rather than > just by attacking English the way you do in your > writings. > > Cheers! > > Cecil > > ==== > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com