Times-Advocate, 1978-11-09, Page 6 (2)Page 6
Times -Advocate, November 9, 1978
By ELAINE TOWNSHEND
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1. -'often have trouble
communicating with my
teen -aged niece and nephew,
who confuse me_with their
slang, and my brother-in-
law, who confounds me with
his lengthly lingo, which he
probably doesn't understand
himself.
• If the four of us, who have
-always lived. in Canada and
supposedly speak the same
-language, can't understand
each -other, -how can
newcomers to Canada and
the English language un-
derstand us?
Learning b j•+c,4rds in an
English di loner!: or a.
Classroom is one thing:
living -among Canadians.
transacting business with us
and just trying to keep up
with our rapid-fire speech is
something else. Sorting out
all our --variations,
Odds 'n Ends
What did you sty?
euphemisms, sound alikes,
short forms and slang must
be a challenge.
For example, 'at first
glance, ball appears to be a
very small. simple word. It
means- a solid or hollow
sphere; it is a,sphere used ink
games ani can be hard or
,soft, inflated or solid, large
or small: •
However, a solid missile
used in a cannon is also
--calleda ball butftis not meant
to be played. with,
Many balls for sports are
made of rubber' Yet the
bounce of the .rubber ball is
completely different_ from
the bounce of a rubber
cheque and the bounce of a
ball that we used to -follow in
sing -along songs.
• The .batt - that a person
keeps rolling in a con-
versation has nothing in
common with the ball he
rolls down a bowling alley or
the ball that he writes with
on the tip -of his fountain pen.
The ball that Cinderella
went to is different from the
ball she finds within her
eyelid or on her foot at the
base of her great toe or on
her hand at the base of her
thumb.
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Just when a person thinks
he has learned every
possible variation Of the
word, someone announces,
"We had a ball 'at the party
last night!" -�
"Which ball?" he wonders.
It's frustrating enough to
make a person bawl like. a
baby.
What a difference one
letter makes. 1t turns a four -
legged -animal - a horse- into
a raspy croaking voice -.
hoarse. It turns the red ball
in the sky - the sun - into a
father's male offspring - a
son. -
The'hare that is famous for
beating the tortoise has
nothing to do with the. hair
we .brush, every morning,
and thetlD old 'turtle is less
remeinbered • now thl3ln the
caramel and the nutty one
we munch on.
Meanwhile the rabbit is
not necessarily rabid.
A man may be nagged by
his wife, his back ache or his
money problems; but he also
• remembers the old nag he
rode bareback to school
when. he was a kid.
A dam, the kind that holds
back water. if mentioned in
the wrong place at the wrong
time, can cause em-
barrassment.
Do new Canadians ever
find themselves censored.
and wonder why?
How can a new Canandian
be certain he's not insulting
someone or being insulted
himself? If he feels he has
been insulted, how can he be
sure'
How can a newcomer to
Canada escape being
bewildered ' by the double
talk of us„the natives'?
Come to think of it - how
can any of us understand
each other?
Kinettes
rnq.ke plans
The-Kinette Club of Exeter
held their -October meeting
at the home Of Kinette Ann
Armstrong with President
Sally Snedden in the chair.
Plans were Made to visit
Braemor Manor in
November and to hold a bake
sale on November 17 at '-
,Carpenters Optical with
proceeds going to Cystic
Fibrosis. The president will
present the annual bursary
at the high school com-
mencement.
A letter w,as received from
the Kinsmen asking for help
at their upcoming dance on
December 8 at. the Rec
Centre and offering their
help in. the construction Of
playground equipment. The
Cook Book sales are coming
well. After =•the business,
lunch was served by the
hostess.
Teachers discuss environmental education
Environmental education
was the theme of, a conx
ferente attended by. 300
women teachers from alt
over Ontario, on Friday.
evening, November 3 and all
day Saturday, November 4,
in Toronto.
,The conference. sponsored
by the Federation of Women
" Teachers' Association of On-
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MR. AND MRS -JOHN R. BREEN
Sherrie Darlene Davis and John Robert Breen were united in
marriage, October 14, 1978 at St. --Mary's Anglican Church,
Brinsley. The bride's porentt are Mr. and Mrs. Richard Davis,
RR 2, Luton and parents of the groom are Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Breen, Centralia. Matron .of honour was Norma
Galloway and bridesmaids were Dianne Clarke and Carole
Alce. Best- man was Doug Galloway. Guests were ushered by
Ken Clarke and Gary Middleton. Flowergirls were Melissa
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Debbie Davis wos soloist accompanied by Doug Lewis. After
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residence in Exeter.
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Mary Ellen Griffith, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Grif-
fith, Parkhill rias married to David Graham Buck, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ken Buck, of London, at the Parkhill United Church,
Saturday; August 1215.1.978. The couple now reside in Lon-
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about the environment.
Attending front this area
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Uiiversity of Michigan
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the -subject• of a world
perspective on the environ-
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