On
Fri, 5 Sep 2014 Gaspar Almeida <gasperalme...@gmail.com> wrote:
1. Is "Yatra" a Konkani word?
2. Kindly
desist from coining new words for Konkani.
3. Hope
DKA and all otherwise take note.
Comment:
1. A fair question if it comes from
a curious reader in search of knowledge. And the plain answer is "Yes."
But what follows is blatant sermonizing by an arrogant ignoramus.
2. Does
he mean to command Konkani writers to restrict themselves within the confines
of his own vocabulary? Is there any language in the world today which does not
coin new words according to its needs? English for instance? Why should Konkani
be an exception? On what authority does he fling this admonition?
3. Before
preaching to "DKA and all otherwise" let him widen his horizons by
reading some Konkaani literature. He could make a beginning with "MOHABHAROT
Adi Porv" by Prof. L. A. Rodrigues, and see how much of it he understands.
Therein on p. 119, he will find the heading of Otthravi Kotha as "Orjunachi
yatra."
Hope better sense prevails.
Sebastian Borges.
