Dear Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha,
You wrote:
1. Coloration and colouration are both found in an
English dictionary, so they are both acceptable
2. ...mankurad ... has entered the current
Konkani (and, by way of it, also the current English) vocabulary
Thank you!
Eddie
Dear cybergoans,
I apologise(profusely) for starting this long, argumentative,
endless, and ridiculous discussion about mangoes, a week ago, with a
seemingly innocent post about malcurada mangoes, which are going at
Rs. 200 a doz. in the margao market today, a price which I can ill
afford,
Dear Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha,
OK, agreed that recent literature refers
to malcorada as mankurad; but this doesn't mean that mankurad is
correct, does it?
*Yes, it does, particularly as there was incorrect description in the first
place as even you have agreed. Democratic choice of the
Eddie Fernandes wrote:
So to a new problem. What is the best way to eat a ripe mango? (though VM
seems to eat them by the dozen at each sitting). I have lost the reference
I saw to advice given by an Englishman in the 19th century that to enjoy
the
mango it is necessary to strip off
