April 20, 2013 Vauraddeancho Ixtt English Konknni Mix Bhaji
Job confirm zaunk na Earlier people used to adopt simple words of English in Konkani. Now the trend has shifted and more technical words are being used to communicate while speaking Konknni. Mhaka confirm korunk zai. People, ranging from the age group of 4-70 and above, use technical English words in Konknni. The Chief Minister’s budget speech in Konknni, although for the first time, was rated as not widely understood even by Konknni speaking people. Some will say we are slaves of using technical words in Konknni. And others will argue that without using such words the intelligibility of speech would suffer tremendously. It is not just ticket confirm na, or admission or job confirm zaunk na’ but there are more instances of the use of the word ‘confirm’ in Konknni English mix bhaji. In matters of doubt, people knock the door to confirm. A seven-year-old attending swimming classes in batches, on hearing that another girl from his school is attending the other batch, stated that, tem yeta zalear mhaka confirm korunk zai. Confirm zai nastana, xapotam korinaka , will be a normal admonishment erupting from the sane friends. It is good that such a culture to confirm is emerging. The word ‘confirm’ is more seriously doing rounds with the patients, who want to confirm the diagnoses of the doctor. Patients, finding it difficult to accept the opinion of a doctor are consulting other doctors to confirm the diagnoses. Dotoran sanglam, punn confirm korunk second opinion ghetam, a saying that is becoming more common in the mix bhaji world. You have a challenge set, check how many technical English words you use while speaking Konknni? You will also notice that others are doing the same. Try supplementing a Konknni word and you will be lost in the silence to search for an appropriate word or furnish another to make the other understand. Feroz F
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little boy is on his knees scooping and packing the sand with plastic shovels into a bright blue bucket. Then he upends the bucket on the surface and lift s it. And, to the delight of the little architect, a castle tower is created. All afternoon he will work. Spooning out the moat. Packing the walls. Bottle tops will be sentries. Popsicle sticks will be bridges. A sandcastle will be built. Big city. Busy streets. Rumbling traffic. A man is in his office. At his desk he shuffles papers into stacks and
delegates assignments. He cradles the phone on his shoulder and punches the keyboard with his fingers. Numbers are juggled and contracts are signed and much to the delight of the man, a profit is made. All his life he will work. Formulating the plans. Forecasting the future. Annuities will be sentries. Capital gains will be bridges. An empire will be built. Two builders of two castles. They have much in common. They shape granules into grandeurs. They see nothing and make some. They are diligent and determined. And for both the tide will rise and the end
Bad by name, bad by nature? During Nelson Mandela’s 19 years imprisoned on Robben Island, one particular commanding officer was the most brutal of them all: “A few days before Badenhorst’s departure, I was called to the main office. General Steyn was visiting the island and wanted to know if we had any complaints. Badenhorst was there as I went through a list of demands. When I had finished, Badenhorst spoke to me directly. He told me he would be leaving the island and added: ‘I just want to wish you people good luck’. I do not know if I looked dumbfounded, but I was amazed. He spoke these words like a human being and showed a side of himself we had never seen before. I thanked
him for his good wishes and wished him luck in his endeavours. I thought about this moment for a long time afterwards. Badenhorst had perhaps been the most callous and barbaric commanding officer we had had on Robben Island. But that day in the office, he had revealed that that there was another side to his nature, a side that had been obscured but still existed. It was a useful reminder that all men, even the most seemingly cold-blooded, have a core of decency and that, if their hearts are touched, they are capable of changing. Ultimately, Badenhorst was not evil; his inhumanity had been foisted upon him by an inhuman system. He behaved like a brute because he was rewarded for brutish behaviour.”
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will come. Yet that is where the similarities cease. For the boy sees the end while the man ignores it. Watch the boy as the dusk approaches. As the waves near, the wise child jumps to his feet and begins to clap. There is no sorrow. No fear. No regret. He knew this would happen. He is not surprised. And when the great breaker crashes into his castle and his masterpiece is sucked into the sea, he smiles. He smiles, picks up his tools, takes his father’s hand, and goes home. The grownup, however, is not so wise. As the wave of years collapses on his castle he is terrified. He hovers over the sandy monument to protect it. He blocks the waves from the walls from the walls he has made. Salt water soaked and shivering he snarls at the incoming tide. “It is my castle,” he defies. The ocean need not respond. Both know to whom the sand belongs… I don’t know much about sandcastles. But children do. Watch them and learn. Go ahead and build, but build with a child’s heart. When the sun sets and the tides take – applaud. Salute the process of life and go home.
Mobile Wonder I was barely sitting down when I heard a voice from the other toilet saying: ‘Hi, how are you?’ I’m not the type to start a conversation in the rest room but I don’t know what got into me, so I answered, somewhat embarrassed, ‘Doin’ just fine!’ And the other person says: ‘So what are you up to?’ What kind of question is that? At that point, I’m thinking this is too bizarre so I say: ‘Uhhh, I’m like you, just traveling!’ At this point I am just trying to get
out as fast as I can when I hear another question. ‘Can I come over?’ Ok, this question is just too weird for me but I figured I could just be polite and end the conversation. I tell them ‘No..I’m a little busy right now!!!’ Then I hear the person say nervously... ‘Listen, I’ll have to call you back. There’s an idiot in the other toilet who keeps answering all my questions.’
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