Octogenarian Prof. Antonio Pelegrino da Costa is the former Professor of Linguistics and Music Education, at the State University of Maringá (Portuguese: Universidade Estadual de Maringá, UEM). This is a public university whose main campus is in Paraná, which lies in the south of Brazil, bordered on the north by Sao Paulo. Currently, he is also the honorary local representative of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM-London, UK) and lives at House No 157, near the Military Hospital in Campal, Panjim, Goa. (Mobile +91-98239 69609 or +91-9145 751559.) In this long and free-flowing interview (with student Vernon Lobo and Frederick Noronha), he talks about the differences between the Portuguese language in Portugal and that of Brazil, the Goan migration to Brazil (and his own story), the Goans he knew there, and issues related to these distant Luso-influenced parts of the globe. The discussion continues for approx 70 minutes, and is conducted in both Portuguese and English.

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