We need to accept that there are different names for the same place in different languages. Bicholim/Dicholim, Margao/Moddganv (not MADgao), Chodan/Chorao, Divadde/Divar, Salgaon/Saligao, Haldone/Aldona, Kankon/Canacona, Kongotte/Calangute. The list goes on.
Of course, you can't just mispronounce a name out of ignorance and hope to make it the norm. As former Indian minister Maneka Gandhi did when she told us of her growing up days in Bam-bo-liM (with a stress on the last M)! This changes across time too. Candolim is believed to have been Kand'halli (influenced by the Kannada suffix 'halli' for village... if one recalls right). So we have three options: (i) push whatever we see right (given our historical, political, linguistic, communal biases) (ii) accept what is obviously wrong, because of all this confusion, and an inability to face reality (iii) accept that diversity means that the same place could well have different names for different people. It works for people too. People know me as Frederick (in journalism), Rico (since schooldays), Frederico (at Britto's), FN (in some techie cicles), Freddy (while studying in Berlin) and, gosh, even Fred (a name I never adopted myself, but was forced to because in 1994 email systems simply didn't nine-alphabet log-in names on the Unix-based system I was then using). It may be late in the day, but I've decided to accept all except the last name; Goanetters please note :-) FN On 04/11/06, John DSouza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nearly all Catholic Goans, whom I have encountered in > different parts of the worlsd still refer to Goa's > capital as Panjim. Likewise, only officialdom calls > Margao, Madgaon and Bombay,Mumbai. > > Michael > Karachi, Pakistan -- FN 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490 (phone calls after 1 pm please) Free the airwaves... for India's sake (see the article at the URL below) [http://www.tehelka.com/home/20061111/20061111.asp?filename=18.jpg] _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org