If you can follow the conversation chances are you are a Goan. Better still
you're a Shastikar.
Tony-boy: Arre kit re. Not to be seen like? Become big or wot?
Shannu-boy: No man re. Bizzy.
Tony-boy: How's wife and kids?
Shannu-boy. OK man, chalta-hai. Wife gone to mother's house. No life wit
Carvalho
Kitu Selma bai, aam Shashtikar tesh uloitu?
What man you talking?
You saying we talking wrong Engleesu?
Chee!
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Tony de Sa
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I AM NOT STUPID. I JUST NEED LEARNING
What man (Selma),
It's not just xasttikar who talk like that.
I like your writings
Thank you ham!
In my days it was called tamddi Engleesh
to people who put on airs and tried to
speak English.
I. F.
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selma
--- On Tue, 3/31/09, Tony de Sa wrote:
> From: Tony de Sa
> Subject: [Goanet] One morning in Shastikar-land
> To: "Goa's Premiere Mailing List, Estd 1994"
> Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 11:15 AM
> Carvalho
>
> Kitu Selma bai, aam Shashtikar tesh u
Dear Selma,
When I was a rookie teacher, I was teaching about combustion. So I asked the
class to name some combustible substances. All went well till a hefty boy in
the class stands up and 'sotto voce' says, "bull shit!" so shocked and
incredulous, I said, "What?" and he repeated, "bull shit!" w
Domnic should explain better.
Alfred
> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 03:44:15 -0800
> From: tonyde...@gmail.com
> To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
> Subject: Re: [Goanet] One morning in Shastikar-land
>
> Dear Selma,
>
> When I was a rookie teacher, I was teaching about combus
Dear Alfred,
The phrase is most often used after family members who have been
away for
long come to visit, and the house is full of fun and merriment for a while.
Then the
visitors pack up and go; that is when the house seems very big and very empty,
so
empty that it "comes
