The language issue is becoming hotter than the summer heat. The
proposal by Amit Shah to replace Hindi as the link language has
spontaneously made almost all Indians living in the south of India
angry beyond rational explanation.
It is a paradox which we are witnessing as language and culture go
t
Language issues are not too well understood in Goa itself... but these
affect everyone here, including the diaspora... when it comes to inclusion,
exclusion, access to local education (if anyone shifts back), and
language-based definitions of Goanity --FN
Issues raised by Konkani Bhasha Mandal (De
Hi All Especially Vivian .
My late banana energizer lost its potency . Here are a few points to ponder:
1) Goanese the only notable who has used that appellation is is author
Ian Fleming of 007 fame. His brother was Governor of Seychelles.
2) Goans call themselves Goan. It emphatic and bold.
I like to bring the following points:Yesterday evening when I dialed 1912reg.
electrical problems, I was surprised to note the difference when we were
earlierdialing 1912 we were able to understand the language either in English
orKonkani, but now the system has changed, now there are 3 language
Language and Usage: You, Me and Everybody
Non-discrimination with regard to language is defined as fairness in
treating people without prejudice. Fairness, did I say?
Unfortunately languages do not behave in a gentlemanly way. And, especially
old languages. Even though words are arbitrary in na
On Oct 23, 2013, at 1:52 AM, Cyrus Sanches wrote:
'Have these guys lost it. This seems to be an outpouring of frustration and
anger, tapping into the so called anti Bammon feeling. This article works very
hard to create a divide in the Catholic community'
COMMENT:
1: One can only lose what on
Have these guys lost it. This seems to be an outpouring of frustration and
anger, tapping into the so called anti Bammon feeling. This article works very
hard to create a divide in the Catholic community. Certain sections know the
stalwarts and pillars of Konkani are in the south, what better wa
Dear All,
>
>Our next batch of language courses start from in
August. Today (1st August ) and tomorrow (2nd August) we have free
introduction classes of Spanish, Portuguese & German , respectively.
The free class for Konkani will be held on Monday (5th August). Those
interested can contact me
Language Agitation Created a Big Divide among Goan Writers: Marathi
Essayist Ramdas Kelkar
By Augusto Pinto
Goan readers are a varied lot. They are divided by language, religion,
education, class and so on. One marker of division is the language
script they use: Roman and Devanagari most obviousl
The AP Throws in the Towel on "Hopefully"
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/blogexcerpts/3230/
The audacity of “hopefully”
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/19/the_audacity_of_hopefully/singleton/
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vjp
, No Chillies, Lasund and Turmeric.
Just plain mince meat that, George.
And I like it that way.
Cheers
floriano
goasuraj
- Original Message -
From: "George Pinto"
To: "Goanet"
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 10:52 PM
Subject: [Goanet] Language
Selma is right that l
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This situation might not be unique to Konkani! --FN
Alok Rai’s Hindi Nationalism was released ... in Orient Longman’s “Tracts
for the Times” series. Engaging and erudite, the book traces
the decline of Hindi from its glory days to the stilted, bureaucratic,
homogenized language that it has become
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50 years on after the invasion, Goa is faced with endless problems. One of them
is the issue of language used in Goa. Although Concani is widely spoken, the
maratista forces have done their best to block the formal usage of this
language
specially in the Romi script. Recently these same forces
This is general commentary bundled with some suggestions in response to
a few explosive posts in recent discussion threads on Goanet.
A - Language
Some fallacies of language have been demonstrated to convince the
audience in accepting the premises of arguments[1].
The use of emotional force
Dear Frederich
Language is a power of expression and a creative language like Konkanim should
be
protected and improved for the future generation only Goans can do to its own
language and not the migrants.
Konkanim language is very rich, like rich Goan culture that is a product of
hundred
and
vanz (empty coconut) Vanz is barren, so this must mean barren coconut tree
(that
does not yield fruit.
'One recent rage in countries like the Philippines is virgin coconut oil --
extracted from fresh coconut, not copra, by mechanical or natural means, with
or
without using heat. To protect t
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Respected Shri Gogate,
Is it possible to have a keyboard with devnagri script? That can solve all the
problems of all Bharatiya languages.As Sanskrit is the
mother language with formidable grammer.
With best regards,
Shyam V.Bale,Mumbai.
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Language Oct 2008 Try, adjust this for Indian languages.
Marathi Oct 2008 Monthly trial using Roman script (lipi)
symbols on devices for English, if usual script devices are
absent. Also, to teach Marathi to students unfamiliar with
its lipi. Usual lip
Albert writes:- Every one speaks and sometimes very few listen. Many times we
speak in negative form but very few people speak in postive tone. One must
close one's eyes and keep ears open and listen to one's heart. It seems the
heart talks in its own language. Those who make loud noise have
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Apropos some recent posts on goanet, I'm tempted to sugge
Language and beyond
Sat, 2006-12-02 01:18
By Eduardo Faleiro - Syndicate Features
India is home to extraordinary diversity- cultural, religious, ethnic and
linguistic. All such differences ought to be harmonized in a spirit of
mutual accommodation rather than through coercive methods of homogeni
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Konkani, with a Romi and Bardeshi
Spoken Konkani :: Reviewed by Frederick Noronha
http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com/
One problem with books in Goa is that you never know when a new one is
published. Obviously, book reviewing is a task not done very much seriousness
here (except for a few pu
As any media-watcher would know, the Fourth Estate has played a key
role in stoking various sides of the language/script controversy in
Goa, right since the mid-eighties. Sometimes, this was done because of
ideological reasons, at other times because it helped to boost
circulation, or because of th
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Language & Scripts
I feel instead of making an amendment by adding "Konkani means Konkani in
devanagri & roman script", it will be more logical, if an amendment is
possible at this stage, is to delete the sentence "Konkani means Konkani in
devanagri script".
After all it is the language that matte
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