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TOUR MVCA WARKS — Dave Grummett, .Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority's. Senior Technician and Ian Deslaurier, the Authority's Resources
Manager, discuss development in watershed parks with J. C. Kraut er from
Brussels and Arden Barker from Mornington Twp, during' a .recent tour of the
Conservation Areas Advisory Board.
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(By Chris Zdeb in the Clinton
NeWs Record)
Huron County people don't
waste words when they talk. In
fact, they get to the point of what
they have to say much faster than
most people living in other parts
of the province.
English teacher, Terry O'Neil
says it is no surprise that people
in the area are straight-talkers -
"it falls in with their rural way of
life."
Mr. O'Neil and seven of his
grade 10 students at Central
Huron Secondary School are in
the final stages of compiling this
and other bits of information that_
they have collected during the
first historical word geography
study of the Clinton region.
study concentrates its
investigation on the language
used in the 1875-1900 time
period, and was undertaken as a
Centennial project.
"We decided to focus on those
years because the people who
were alive at the turn of the
century are going to be in the
ground soon and the wealth of
information they possess will be
lost," Mr. O'Neil said.--
Huronview residents of sound
mind, 90,-year-old and over,
provided the researchers their
study material. Armed with
prepared questionnaires and a
tape recorder, students Trina
Connolly, Mary Anne Cummings,
Elizabeth Davidson, Glenna Ellis,
Barb Lawson, Sandy Marshall,
and Michelle Smith invaded the
County's Senior Citizens' Home,
to finally emerge several
interviews later with 60 hours 'of
recordings.
"Every hour of tape requires 20
hours of analysis," Mr. O'Neil
said, and in the several hundred
feet of tape that have been played
sofar, he has come across quite a
few interesting facts.
"Did you know that people
used to be 'married plain' with no
attendants and no cake?" he
asked, "And did you also know
that they were married at 5 in the
'mottling so that they could catch
the 6 a.m. train out Of Stratford for their honeymoon trip?"
"What about the term
nathrnaster?' Before there was a
Department of Highways, you
had to look after the road in front
of your fart. If you didn't, the
Pallunast along with would come
W'ttl a work crew and look after it
t°r. You, but charge you with the
bill for doing it"
And if anyone appreciated this
been of the roads; it must have
been the highwaytrian (a robber
mounted on horseback who ambushed highway travellers),
°6 via quite attive in pioneer days throughout the County.
In addition, Mr. O'Neil has
found that "gravel running",
(drinking while driving through
the countryside) is a word unique
to this area but its use has spread
because regions of people aren't
isolated from each other like they
used to be.
"Regional dialects (manners of
speech), are beginning to
disappear with people travelling
more and radio and television
having become more prevalent in
our society," he said. "But
dialects still exist and vary for
each. region.
Mr. O'Neil claims dialect is
more distinct than fingerprints
and said that boundaries could
even be drawn around "areas
within Huron which pronounce
their words differently:
"People think _ that regional
dialects come from one root, but
that's nonsense. Take the English
language for example. It's made
up of the sum total of dialects."
,Geography,, the ,standard of
living and ancestry all influence a
regional dialect, he said.
"In southern parts of
Newfoundland, you can find
people whose speech is similar to
Elizabethan dialects."
Each region has three levels of
dialect; "prestige," "standard,"
and "folk" which reflect the
amount of formal education a
person has had.
Word studies, like the one that
was conducted by Mr. O'Neil and
his students have been going on
for 75 years in Canada, "and
unintentionally for much longer,"
he said.
"In the 1700's, a group of
amateur "'linguists (people study
words), went to Australia to
study the dialect of the
ThePygmies. They went about
pointing at different things and
asking the nat Ives to tell them
what they were called. One day,
they saw this big creature with a
pouch hopping around, and
pointing to it asked a Pygmie
What the beast was called. The
little fellow replied, "kangaroo,"
and that's how we got the name
fora kangaroo," Mr. O'Neil said.
"Another study of the Pygmy
language done somewhat later by
a. group of professional linguists
discovered that the Pygmy word
"kanga reo," translated as "I'm
sorry, but I don't understand
What yetete asking Me," which is
exactly what that little guy Was
trying to tell the amateurs."
Even se, he added that the
Maritimes had been studied and
that several other surveys Were
still progreSSing throughout the
Colintry.
We hope eventually to compile
all of the data into a linguistic
atlas of Canada."
The booklet, "Say It Like It
Was," marks the end of a stage in
the Clinton group's research, but
the available information is far
from being exhausted, Mr. O'Neil
said. There is a possibility that
the survey may continue next
year if enough students show an
interest in learning about the
history of their language.
"In studying variations of past
dialect's we can determine how
word and letter sounds have
changed and how they will
continue to change in the future,"
OPP
Investigates
Accidents
Recent investigations carried out
by •OPP officers at Wingham
detachment include:
One July 16, Murry Jenkins of
R.R. 4 Wingham was involved in
a single car collision on Conces-
sion 2, east of Sideroad 5-6, Grey
Township when a cattlebeast
came out of the south ditch and
struck the Jenkins vehicle. No one
was injured. Damages were
minor.
On July 17, Richard H. Har-
court of Wingham was involved in
a single car accident in Lower
Town when the vehicle he was
driving left the south edge of the
road and struck a tree. There
were no injuries. Damages were
estimated at $400.00
On Saturday, July 19, Eric R.
Stewart of R.R. 3, Auburn was
involved in a single cat accident
on Highway 4, north of the Blyth
CPR Crossing when the vehicle
he was driving went off the east
side of the roadway and rolled
Over. There were no injuries.
Damages were estintated at
83,000.00
On Sunday, July 20, 'Helen
Chandler of R.R. 3 Wingham and
Roger Noble of R.R. 2, Auburn
Were involved in a collision on
County Road 22 at Concession
6.7, East Wawanosh Township.
}ielen Chandler was injured as a
reStilt of the eollWon. Total
datnages Were estimated at
$1500 pd
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