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THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1998 GRAPEVIN New use for old Tanners? A new type of housing insulation made from recycled newspapers will be tested by Zions Construction in one of the homes in its West Mead- ows Village subdivision. The prod- uct is environmentally friendly and cost-competitive with standard insu- lating products. Peter Zions hopes to have build- ing permits by this fall for the 31 units recently approved by the Town to complete the 91-unit development which is south of Wallace Street and east of Danville Avenue. No lights, no camera, no action Halton Cable System's decision to pull the plug on broadcasting the Town's general committee meetings is not playing well with some politi- cians who want coverage of both general committee and council meet- ings to continue. If that's not possi- ble councillors will ask Halton Ca- ble to videotape and broadcast the general committee meetings where most of the debate takes place. Halton Cable programmer Nick Appleton said there was "too much programming of council meetings" and that halving broadcast time to about two hours per week will open up time for other shows, including "more in-depth coverage of commu- nity events." Appleton could not say how many viewers tune in to watch the Halton, Milton and Halton Hills council and committee meetings now THE NEW TANNER 3 broadcast. Coverage will change by October. Hwy. repairs approved Repairs and resurfacing of the former Highway 25 - now Main Street - from Highway 7 to the boundary with Wellington County will begin late this month and should be complete by late September. The County, the Town and Halton Region are working jointly to repave their respective sections of the road from Acton north to the former Highway 24. The price tag for the Town's sec- tion from the railway tracks to the Halton/Wellington boundary is $66,720. When the Province downloaded ownership of Highway 25 to the Town it provided $101,550 for repairs and maintenance and the extra cash will-be used to maintain the former Highway 25 in the Acton urban limits as well. Not yet Glitches in new tax billing com- puter software means the Town will not issue its long-overdue final 1988 tax bills tomorrow (Friday) as ex- pected. Treasurer Andy Koopmans said they hope to have the problem solved and the bills out by the end of The Beardmore tannery, now being demolished, looked like this in 1920. You can see the Toronto Suburban Railway ran diagonally through the foreground of the photo while the CN Railway spur which ran over a span into the plant. There were only a few houses on the Cemetery Hill (Main St. S.) then and the only development west of Main St. was Fairview Cemetery. The warehouse at the the month. The anticipate lots of calls from property owners, some extreme left was removed about 1934 while a fire in the 1930s destroyed the centre area. who will be hit hard by a combina- tion of provincial downloading, new provide-wide current value assess- ment and tax shifts. Unlike some municipalities that have hired addi- tional staff to handle the tax enquir- ies, Halton Hills will train existing staff to deal with the calls. Many of us know people who slur their words. More than a few of us do it ourselves at times. We can't all be models of decorum like some of the self-anointed but we Coles' Slaw| (@s SIGNS UP: Noticed the new signs on Highway 25? No longer a Queen's Highway, 25 has become Halton Region 25 as far north as the Wellington County boundary when it becomes Wellington 125. -- Angela Tyler photo can try to improve our pronuncia- tion of the Queen's English so sen- sitive ears are not offended. Richard Lederer, writing in Verbatim (a language publication), notes that people "afflicted with sensitive ears wince at such mumblings as 'guvmint' for gov- ernment, and 'assessories' for ac- cessories." We are assaulted by a slew of slurrings, says Lederer, every- where we turn: "We meet people who 'hafta,' by Hartley Coles she tried to make a living as an Eng- lish teacher." Granite. Conceded: "Too many people take a the good life for gran- ite." Intensive. An idiom, as in "For all intensive purposes." Lays. The opposite of gemmen. "Lays and gemmen, I now present 'oughta,' or are 'gonna' do some- our speaker." thing, or who 'shoulda,' 'woulda,' Less. Contraction: "Less get or 'coulda' done it." started." Lining. Electrical flash of light: "Thunder and lining." Mere. A reflecting glass: "Mere, As an example, he gave what he called a typical American (it could just as easily be Canadian) exchange: mere on the wall, who's the fairest "Jeet?" one of all?" "No, jew?" Mill. Between the beginning and "*Sgo." the end: "A table stood in the mill of the room." Mince. Units lasting sixty sec- onds: "I'll be back in a few mince." Neck store. Adjacent: "I'm in love with the girl neck store." Nigh. Opposite of day. "She was screaming in the mill of the nigh." Of. Have: "I could of danced all night." Pain. Giving money: "I'm tired of pain these high prices." Pal. To propel a craft of water: "Tt's your turn to pal the canoe." Paramour. A modern grass-cut- ting instrument: "I mowed the lawn with my new paramour." Pitcher. An image or representa- tion: "As soon as we get the pitcher framed, we'll hang it above the sofa." Torment. A competition: "Mabel and I have entered the bridge tor- Translation: "Did you eat?" "No, did you?" "Let's go.") In the New Yorker, in an issue in 1949, writer John Davenport called this type of slurring lan- guage "Slurvian." Lederer, "to help to translate Slurvian into English," listed some of Davenport's entries, as well as those of H. Alan Wycherley, who wrote for the now- defunt pamphlet, "Word Study:" Bar. To take temporarily: "May I bar your eraser?" Dense. A tooth expert: "I have a dense appointment today." Forced. A large cluster of trees. "Only you can prevent forced fires." Formally. Earlier: "Today she's 8 millionare investor, but formally Gee a Slurred words and press boners ment." Whore. Inspiring terror. "Whore firms always scare the pants off me." Win. Movements of air: "He was awakened in the mill of the nigh by flashes of lining and gusts of win." Winner. Opposite of summer. "The Pilgrims faced many a hard winner." That doesn't let the press off easy either. Carol Verdun of the now defunct national Elmira (Ont.) Independent culled some press boners for inclusion in a column including: "It took rugby more than 100 years to become a success over- night," from the New Zealand Herald. This headline is from the Parkersburg (West Virginia) News: "Ray Charles: A Rocker Well Before his Predecessors." From the Anchorage (Alaska) News: "Changes of this magnitude 'would, of course, take hundreds of years -- more like centuries." From the Aberdeen (Scotland) Press and Journal: "The man CID are seeking is describes as being male." From the Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch: "Richmond's all-time hottest July day was August 6, 1918, Linton said, when the mercury climbed to climbed to 107." From the Guide and. Gazette, Dundee, Scotland: "Most of Scotland's raspberry growing takes place in Scotland." A WHAT'S VOUR REEF? Put it in a letter to the Editor! Deadline is Tuesday at noon.