Re: [Goanet] Re; Deo Borem Korun

2010-03-06 Thread jose fernandes
Tench Konknnichem khaxeleponn SALU On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Sebastian Borges s_m_bor...@yahoo.comwrote: Dear Fred, I think you are right. Konkani is perhaps the only Indian language wherein Dev is invoked. E.g. Dev boro dis dium, Dev bori sanz dium, Dev bori rat dium. Such

Re: [Goanet] Re; Deo Borem Korun

2010-03-06 Thread Frederick Noronha
Jose/Salu, with due respect... that's a slogan. Not an argument :-) FN On 6 March 2010 12:59, jose fernandes konk...@gmail.com wrote: Tench Konknnichem khaxeleponn SALU -- Frederick Noronha Columnist :: journalism :: editing :: alt.publishing :: photography :: blogging P +91-832-2409490 M

[Goanet] Re; Deo Borem Korun

2010-03-05 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Hi all, I received two responses in private-one from the Middle East and the second from Australia (or as my mom pronounces it: Aauustrelya). The two gracious posters should let me know if they wish their names revealed. Also thanks for correcting my misspelling of korum. But I am happy that there

Re: [Goanet] Re; Deo Borem Korun

2010-03-05 Thread Frederick Noronha
Do you think that this term could have originated in Padribash, which, like its Bamonbash counterpart has played a key role in defining what Konkani was, is and will be? FN On 5 March 2010 22:04, Venantius J Pinto venantius.pi...@gmail.com wrote: What I have been trying to understand is why in

Re: [Goanet] Re; Deo Borem Korun

2010-03-05 Thread Sebastian Borges
Dear Fred, I think you are right. Konkani is perhaps the only Indian language wherein Dev is invoked. E.g. Dev boro dis dium, Dev bori sanz dium, Dev bori rat dium. Such expressions are not found in the little pre-Portuguese Konkani literature that is available to us. Neither do the