... And recently some were putting the entire blame for neglected Konkani on the Portuguese ...
--- On Thu, 4/9/08, edward desilva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: edward desilva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] Fined for speaking Konkani > To: "goanet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: Thursday, 4 September, 2008, 7:37 PM > CORNEL DACOSTA said: > Hi Selma > And yes, I have heard about a Goan school fine > for speaking Konkani, but try as I may, I have no hard > evidence about this. > ----- > Reply: > We were fined for speaking konkani at Monte Guirim, in the > same token we were NOT allowed to keep any pocket money, we > were beaten if we had any money on us. > How did we pay the fine? some more beating :-(. > ED. Win a MacBook Air or iPod touch with Yahoo!7. http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset