On 30 November 2011 04:27, J. Colaco < jc> <[email protected]> wrote:
> c: Interesting that FN asks, in one breath: 'What makes English a
> "foreign language"?' and then refers us to the TOEFL scores 'specially
> in places like Goa'.
As arguments, these are good... but I don't know where this logic takes us.
One question: JC, do you speak to your children and grandchildren in
Konkani or a "foreign language"? What do you consider your own and
your children's mother tongue?
I also wonder how others in the diaspora see this issue. It does throw
up interesting questions, about the assumptions we make. FN
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