Sebastian Borges <s_m_bor...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear friends, The Official Language Act (OLA) was passed in 1987.
It lays down that every purpose for which the official language may
be used must be notified in the Official Gazette. To date, the only
purpose that has been thus notified is regarding correspondence with
Government Departments. Yet, several myths regarding the Act keep
cropping up continuously.
Here are some of the latest arrivals.
(1) The OLA is an attempt at cultural and political genocide, (2) It
is an attempt to alienate over 5 lakh people who read and write
Konkani in Roman script.
COMMENT: The only myth in our midst is that this THING, pretending to
be Konkani, is the impostor aka S-Konkani....which effectively is a
horribly nasal sounding dialect of Marathi.
This S-Konkani is NOT what we Goans spoke ....NOR speak at home.
People like Borges can only be classified as 'Aiders and abettors of
this linguistic genocide'.
Borges reminds me of that ex-priest (to be) George Fernandes.
What is with these ex-priests?
jc
