Comments on: A-Z of Sri Lankan English: G is for gode https://groundviews.org/2010/12/09/a-z-of-sri-lankan-english-g-is-for-gode/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-z-of-sri-lankan-english-g-is-for-gode Journalism for Citizens Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:12:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: ordinary lankan https://groundviews.org/2010/12/09/a-z-of-sri-lankan-english-g-is-for-gode/#comment-25720 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:12:22 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=4662#comment-25720 A lot of public men are fond of referring to their village roots. Then we have Prof Roberts who calls himself thuppahi – a very brave move. I myself am a city born – city educated person with no real links to the villages of my ancestors.

Its all ab how we identify ourselves. There is an assumption that having village roots means you are rooted, and that being a city liver means you have no roots. all these are broad generalizations without substance.

Peter Ustinov said that he was not interested in being rooted in anything except human values

If we want to move on as a nation we need to look very openly and broadly at these identities and look for the riches and substance as well as dirt that lies within

]]> By: The Mervyn Silva https://groundviews.org/2010/12/09/a-z-of-sri-lankan-english-g-is-for-gode/#comment-25553 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:53:40 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=4662#comment-25553 G is also for the Gotabhaya, the brother of out Majesty. Don’t you peoples be forgetting that!

]]> By: Aruni Jayakody https://groundviews.org/2010/12/09/a-z-of-sri-lankan-english-g-is-for-gode/#comment-25552 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:11:54 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=4662#comment-25552 In Australia, we use the term ‘bogan’ which roughly means the same thing 🙂

]]> By: Doofus https://groundviews.org/2010/12/09/a-z-of-sri-lankan-english-g-is-for-gode/#comment-25551 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:20:37 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=4662#comment-25551 isn’t it gamiya (??????)? :S

]]> By: Amu Miris https://groundviews.org/2010/12/09/a-z-of-sri-lankan-english-g-is-for-gode/#comment-25550 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:44:37 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=4662#comment-25550 “godaya” these days has assumed a negative connotation

“gamaya” is the neutral term for villager.

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