To remember the early Goan immigrants to Zanzibar in the very early
1900`s I need go no further than than the husband of of my
god-mother..... a gent who later ran a bar ( Victory Bar )in that island.
It is reported that he , excitedly watching a soccer game, wanting to
encourage his team shouted repeatedly ..." KICK LOUD ".to the
forwards in his favourites..... his literal transalation of the
Konkani " forsan mar ".......that the name " Kick Loud Fernandes " was
then attributed to him only to distinguish him from the other
Fernandes`s in Zanzibar. In my memory the only way they spoke of
the family was " the kickloud Fernandes family "....so as to identify
them.
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From: "Mervyn & Elsie Maciel" <mervynels.watuwasha...@gmail.com>
To: <goanet@lists.goanet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 1:41 PM
Subject: [Goanet] "Goan Engleesh"
>
Just as Frederick's ear was "attracted to their innovative use of
language",
my shrinking memory took me back to my holidays in my ancestral village
of Saloi(Salvador-do-Mundo). When playing in a friendly football match
on an open field, an oft heard expression was:
"shoot men" ( meaning, 'pass the ball')
Wish I could think of a few more, but there must be many
youngsters(burge)
on goanet who could come up with better gems.
Mervyn Maciel
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