In Portuguese, a Goan is Goês (in French it would be Goese) and a Pakistani
in Portuguese is Pakistanês. I hope that explains the differences in other
languages. But it is not Goa-n-ese. That would be similar to calling a person
from India as Indinanese.
----- Original Message ----
> From: Michael Ali <mikeal...@aol.com>
> To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
> Sent: Mon, 23 November, 2009 6:57:59 PM
> Subject: [Goanet] Goan/Goanese
>
> Furthermore, in French, a person from Pakistan is not Pakistani but
> Pakistanese.
> I too was surprised as being addressed as such by a Frenchman once. But that
> is
> how it is in French.
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