On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:23:24 -0500, Domnic Fernandes <domval...@hotmail.com> wrote on hte Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goanese
After I retired and returned to Goa, practically everyone in Anjuna, including all the policemen but excluding senior citizens call me ‘uncle’ and I don’t mind it at all. I know they use it out of respect for me. Males and females in their Forties address me as ‘Domnic uncle.’ In short, I have become ‘Anjuna uncle.’ Even when I visit Mapusa market, the shopkeepers and vendors address me as ‘uncle;’ maybe because of my white hair. Nowadays, even senior citizens dye their hair black and think they are sweet sixteen! It is these people who don’t like to be called ‘uncle’ and ‘aunty!’ In the days of yore, the word ‘uncle’ was used mostly by Bomboikar (Bombay Goans.) The local Goan used Konkani words like ‘titiu’ for father’s brother; ‘mama’ for mother’s brother; ‘mavxi’ for mother’s sister; ‘timaim’ for titiu’s wife, etc. – please read my article of March 2005 in the link below: http://lists.goanet.org/htdig.cgi/goanet-goanet.org/2005-March/112492.html Unfortunately, the present-day generation does not even make an effort to use Konkani words of relationship. As a result, they use ‘uncle’ and ‘aunty’ for every relationship. Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna, Goa Mob: 9420979201 http://www.goanet.org/post.php?name=News&list=goanet&info=2009-November/thread&post_id=186125 Dear Mr. Dominick, Maybe they call us Uncle/Aunty because nowadays the migrant workers are called Mama & Mami. Bests Agnelo (Calangute/Gaumvaddi-Anjuna) The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
