Mario
Like most things that come from you, I am highly sceptical that, "if you
visit Portugal you will see that almost all their surnames were copied from
us Goan Catholics" :-)). Your smiley at the end of your statement, as
above, does not amuse me at all as I am more interested in the authenticity
or not of your above statement. So, please explain, without a smiley, how
Catholic Goans got Portuguese names in the first place, if not from the
Portuguese who baptised mainly Hindu Goans as well as ruled Goa for 451
years? In this process, I believe that Hindu surnames were forsaken for
Portuguese surnames. This is indeed the conventional wisdom on this issue.
However, I and I'm sure others on Goanet, await your scholarly input on my
specific question above.
With much anticipation,
Cornel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mario Goveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@goanet.org>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Voting rights for NRI Goans
Cornel,
You are obviously confused as to how the Portuguese
got their surnames, probably by swallowing Portuguese
colonial propaganda hook, line and sinker :-))
All Jorge has done is to bring us up-to-date on the
fact that Gouveia is now a thriving city in Portugal
whereas it was a village when named after my family
some 450 years ago :-))
If you visit Portugal you will see that almost all
their surnames were copied from us Goan Catholics :-))
--- cornel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jorge
Thank you for demolishing the myth Mario created
regarding his surname
contributing to the name of a village in Portugal.
Any Johnny- come-lately
would know that Portuguese sourced Goan surnames
were a consequence of
Portuguese sourced activity, including naming, in
Goa, and not the other way
round!
Cornel
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