May I also point to two other expressions that we oldsters used to routinely exchange, whether as adults or as children, whenever we passed another person in the street, even total strangers: Deo boro dis dium. Deo bori rat dium. And the immediate answer naturally was, Tukai dium! In England centuries ago it used to be "God give you a good morning" and "God give you a good night," telescoped into today's "Good morning" and "Good night." Apparently padri bas was dominant in England as well as in Goa. Regards to all, Victor --- On Sun, 3/7/10, Frederick Noronha <fredericknoro...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Frederick Noronha <fredericknoro...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Dev Borem Korum To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010, 1:50 PM Very interesting! Do the experiences of others bear out what Domnic suggests? Also, is Padri Bhas more prevalent in Bardez ... or is the Padri Bhas dialect of Konkani a mix of Bardeshi and Sanskrit terminology (needed to express theological constructs which are often absent from the spoken language)? Just speculating here... Dr W. R da Silva, ironically himself a priest and learned sociologist besides being a linguist, was the guy who introduced me to the concept of the dominant dialects of Padri Bhas-Bamonn Bhas in Konkani :-) FN On 7 March 2010 20:07, Domnic Fernandes <domval...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Per my observation, the Bardezkar say "Dev borem korum", whereas the > Saxttikar say "Bor(em) zaum". -- Frederick Noronha Columnist :: journalism :: editing :: alt.publishing :: photography :: blogging P +91-832-2409490 M +91-9822122436 A:784 Saligao 403511 Goa India Please add a 'signature' below your email. Makes it easy when someone wants to contact you!