Naguea, Naguesha, Good stuff. But, the "che," "chya" is not the same, nor "cho"--does not have the same weight and obscene affectation as word beginning in the last letter of the alphabet. Also no Fo's, Fu's. Na na, baba--cholchenam, for our "purposes." Ot you doing to my beja?
The fo's, fu's takes us into the patal, ifen, etc. quicker than we can see iri iri irri oOhH, oOHH, oaoHh. Twack, thump, vanishing hand...thomp, thwack. Here one cannot stop people from polishing their C's. But It has to begin with a Z (like Zorro's chabuk [whip]). Thank you for coming into this topic. Also, thanks Cabral. Thanks Dominic. ++++++++++++ venantius j pinto From: Naguesh Bhatcar <sgbhat...@hotmail.com> > To: <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Unusual Proverb? Doxeo_Zonvop > > Machindra Kambli made those 'Malwani Konkani' dramas (nattok) very famous. > I too had watched at least a couple of those episodes, at the Kala Academy > in Panjim. > For the lovers of Malwani Konkani, here is a hilarious youtube video > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKoLkkEVMYk > > Then there are those famous improptu nattok from "Mochey Maadkar". > Machindra Kambli's dramas to a certain > extent, are derived from these 'Mochey Maadkar'. > > As regards the 'colourful' nature of Konkani, the height for me was to hear > my Goan neighbour and her son fight! > The 1st time I heard them fight, I just could not stop laughing, as the son > addressed the mother as a 'bitch' > and the mother in turn called him -- 'son of a bitch'! The impact is more > when you hear these words in Konkani > as "che.i" and "che.eychya" -- I will let you fill in the dot/blank!! > > For that matter the 'colourful' nature crosses all cultures and languages. > This morning as I walked to work, I saw/heard a few > workers using the "f" word once too often. Then I saw another worker on his > cellphone and he was talking rather loudly > and every second word in his conversation was the "f" word! > I could only shake my head and walk on! > > * * * Was life in the *kudds* glamourised? Who said, "It appears that the Goanese (sic) are a roving people, prepared to go to any part of the world for well-paid employment"? How did Goans find their first toehold in the Gulf? Find your answers in Selma Carvalho's *Into the Goan Diaspora Wilderness*. Buy from Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
