Re: [Goanet] Konkani adages: Test a friend by asking a favour, test a relative (on how he treats you) by visiting
Amita, Please post the good ones only, ignore and forget the bad ones. Cip --- On Wed, 10/29/08, Amita Kanekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Amita Kanekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] Konkani adages: Test a friend by asking a favour, test a relative (on how he treats you) by visiting To: Goanet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 8:55 PM There are also some nasty casteist ones. I remember hearing one a long time ago from a relative, intending to mean you can't expect perfection; there will always be something bad around. But it likened the bad with 'Maharvaddo' i.e.the settlement of the Mahars! Gaanv thayn maharvaddo or some such -- where there is a village, there will be a maharvaddo... Had heard something similar in Marathi too.
Re: [Goanet] Konkani adages: Test a friend by asking a favour, test a relative (on how he treats you) by visiting
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Re: [Goanet] Konkani adages: Test a friend by asking a favour, test a relative (on how he treats you) by visiting
There are also some nasty casteist ones. I remember hearing one a long time ago from a relative, intending to mean you can't expect perfection; there will always be something bad around. But it likened the bad with 'Maharvaddo' i.e.the settlement of the Mahars! Gaanv thayn maharvaddo or some such -- where there is a village, there will be a maharvaddo... Had heard something similar in Marathi too.
Re: [Goanet] Konkani adages: Test a friend by asking a favour, test a relative (on how he treats you) by visiting
That's true! Gauncho ganv, mhar khaum Let the village commonlands of the village befall to the 'Mhars'. (Nobody cares for what is owned in common.) Ganv hansta mhunn mhar-vaddo (or gaudo) hansta The village laughs, so the ward of 'mhars' (or the 'gawda') also laughs Bamnant vaddlolo, bamna poros vorto More Popish than the Pope. Bamnachi budh coplant, tcharddeachi domprant A Brahmin has his brains in the head, a Charddi (Kshatriya) in his knees. 2008/10/29 Amita Kanekar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There are also some nasty casteist ones. I remember hearing one a long time ago from a relative, intending to mean you can't expect perfection; there will always be something bad around. But it likened the bad with 'Maharvaddo' i.e.the settlement of the Mahars! Gaanv thayn maharvaddo or some such -- where there is a village, there will be a maharvaddo... Had heard something similar in Marathi too. -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org M: +91-9822122436 P: +91-832-2409490
[Goanet] Konkani adages: Test a friend by asking a favour, test a relative (on how he treats you) by visiting
Dear Amita, Please post the Marathi version when you come across it. For that matter please consider posting such material more often. Take care. venantius j pinto From: Amita Kanekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are also some nasty casteist ones. I remember hearing one a long time ago from a relative, intending to mean you can't expect perfection; there will always be something bad around. But it likened the bad with 'Maharvaddo' i.e.the settlement of the Mahars! Gaanv thayn maharvaddo or some such -- where there is a village, there will be a maharvaddo... Had heard something similar in Marathi too.
