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Times-Advocate, 1978-11-09, Page 6 (2)Page 6 Times -Advocate, November 9, 1978 By ELAINE TOWNSHEND • 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. • Fresh glared fruits for your own Christmas cake Finest Quality Red or Green Cherries Orange, Lemon or Citron Peel. Fruit Mix Sultana Raisins Golden Raisins Pineapple Cubes --BAKERY Hot Dog or Hamburg Rolls French Bread _CHEESE i Medium Cheddar'. Havarti Butter Cheest Onion & Parsley Cheese TASTY ' NU BAKERY"; and CHEESE HOUSE 236-4912 ZURICH • Ib. $1.90 Ib. 51.00 lb 51.00 51.50 $1.50 Ib lb lb. 1.50 SPECIALS '""' 8 s 2/99'. 2laayes 98' SPECIALS -7 lb $1.90 Ib. $2.15 lb. 51.90 J • 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- tario, was designed to help A leaf lettuce on top of soupwillsoak tip the fat and can be easily removed. 4 Oote Fun Shine ,,, JAMAICA t F.eatur,ing Waikiki plus Kauai and Maui • Feb. 21—Mar. 8 $899.00 Canadian TWIN SHARING SPECIAL BONUS Free night in Toronto PRIOR TO DEPARTURE Aloha! To each Kane and Wahine be Wiki Wiki and Akamai and resent now before it is foo late — Mahalo TRAVEL IS OUR BUSINESS would too st•oo of o -butcher _ that, could only. WWPPlr 9'owd heel, would you shop of the ho.dwore Owe Oho+ hod hon,n a and no nods' Would you shop of ch. lod,es weo, owe that d,dn t tell the loundohon/ The rovndot,on of ony Trove! 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DAVID BUCK 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- don. Pix by Peake voir teachers develop practical strategies for- teaching about the environment. Attending front this area were Irene Haugh, Usborne Central and Barb x - ander, Marga art a d• Mary Moffat, Huron Centen- nial. Uiiversity of Michigan Professor William Stapp was the keynote speaker, on the -subject• of a world perspective on the environ- ment. Award-winning en- vironmental films by Dan Gibson were a highlight of the conference, along with, workshops on such subjects as energy conservation, ur- ban studies, map study and graphics, pioneer life, open field studies. The sponsoring Federa- tion represents the 33,000 women who, teach- in - On- tario's elementary public schools. 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