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(12- Orono Weekly TmeWednesday. Octo.ber 4, 1995 ' Sta ying In Touch John O'Toole, MPP Durham East The week of Septemnber 26tb was a veryy memorable time as a new MPP. Tuesday, September 26th, we were assigned ou r seats in the legislator and we pro- ceeded to elect the new speaker Mr. Allan McLean MPP frorn Simncoe East. The Lieutenant Governor o f Ontario, tbe Honourable' Henry Jackman, made the Speech from tbe Throne on Wednesday, September tbe 27tb. This day was a great moment filled with friends and best wîsbes frorn the many supporters, from Durbam East. However, the day was miarred wben a demonstratioii on the front lawn of Queen's Park tumned rowdy, and a bornb tbreat required tbe evacuation of tbe building. It is a shame- tbat a noisy few can destroy tbe day with little regard, it appeared, for life or proper- ty. It is one tbing to disagree and'quite another to act out your frustrations with vio- lence., On Thursday, I had my first taste of proceedings in tbe legisiator. Perbaps I arn out of order but I can tel you that I was not impressed wltb some of the sbouting and yelling when members were speaking. I arn new to tbe process but I strongly believe that we are tbere to work in a respectful manner for aIl tbe people of Ontario. Wýe cannot criticize tbe protesters outside if we do not conduct ourselves respectfully inside tbe bouse. As has been announced, our agenda bias already deait with rnandatory bicycle helmets for those under tbe age of eigbteen. We feel it is necessary to protect our young people wbile at the sarne time giving adults tbe opportunity to make a responsible choice. Annually, there are about 12 people under tbe age of 18 kllled wbile cycling in Ontario and over 1,500 injured. We received a num- ber of calîs and letters on tbis issue, about 40% were opposed to mandatory bel- mets. The law came in to efect October 1, 1995 and applies'to those under 18 wblle rldlng on a higbway. Safety is everyone's concern and we must teacb by example and use common sense. 1 was tbrllled to have a Legisiative Page selected from -Durhamn East Johnathon Helmus from Bowrnanville was chosen frorn rany applicants and I arn sure bis experience will be, rewarding. Congratulations Johnatbon and remember we are both representing Durham East. This week we are sched- uled to have our first Roger's Cable Television prograrn on Friday, October 6th. Our subject will be a brief intro- duction to healtb care and our two bospitals in Durbam East. We record it at 10: 15 a.m. , and I bope it is not broadcast lîve. As we move ahead with our Common Sen-se agenda, I know there will be opposi- tion, Cbange is necessary as we are spending more than we are making. You' and, I cannot spend more than we rnake and neither can the government. I ask for your support and remember, "if the going gets too easy, you may be gorng down bill." Until next Urne. by Arthur Black "By hard, honest labour i've dug ail the large words out of my vocabulary and shaved them down tili the average is three and a half letters long.- I neyer write met ropolis>for seven cents because I get the same money for city. I neyer write policeman because I can get the same money for cop. " Mark Twain 'The present age shrinks front precision and under- stands only soft, woolly words which really have no particular meo.ning, like 'cul- tural heritage' or 'the exigent dictates of modern traffic needs. Flann O'Brien Forget the loonie. Forget the Yankee dollar and the Swiss Franc and tbe Germnan Deutschemark. The only systern of currency witb any real value is the one we ail carry around in our heads. Language. Which is made up of pen- nies and nickels and dimes and quarters that we cal words. Words frorn one language don't always play barmoni- cally in anotber. Bob Dylan sang that Spanisb is a loving tongue, but to French purists, it is the language of wasberwornen. Most Anglophones find the sound of German guttural an unpleasant. l'in not sure how Germans would describe the noise we Englisb speakers make, but 'barbaric' would probably cover it. Makes you wonder if there could ever be a universal language, pleasing to al ears. Abhalf acenturyaýgo, a Norwegîan author by the name of Agnar Mykie wrote a book called Song of the Red Ruby. In it, be fantastzed about creating the perfect two-word introduction between a man and a wornan. The man would look at the wornan and mur- mur 'Tananarivo?" And tbe wornan, if she was available and interest- ed, would wbisper .back "Atacama". "Jusi two words" wrote Mykie, '\vould be enougb to give bappiness and smiing freedom to all mankind." Unfortunately, in the nasty Nineties, any guy walking up to a strange wornan and muttering "Tananarivo?" is hiable to eamn himself two ratber dif- ferent words. Some words are alrnost universal. 'Marna' is virtual- Iy identical in ail the Romance languages. A psy- chologisi at New York University claims that the nonsense word juvalamu' is intensely pleasing to just about everybody, while the word 'chakaka' is horrible to the ears- of Englisb-speak- ers. Isn't there a rock group OJ oW Iti5 B.M. Bradley, WELDING LIMITED <ý(905) 983-6753 "Mobile Service Truck" GENERAL REPAIR - HEAVY EQUIPMENT CUSTOM FABRICATION - GENERAL CONTRACTING BRUCE BRADLEY ORONO called Chakaka?. If flot, there wil be soon. You don't have to be a poet to know that the Englisb language is full of beautiful words. 'Flange' is one of my favourites. I also like 'quiver'. Somebody once asked American linguist Wilfred J. Funk for bis opin- ion on beautiful Englîsh words. He responded witb a list of ten: ctiimes, dlawn, goIlen, hush, Iullaby, lumi- nous, melody, mis t, murînur- ing and tranquil. As for ugly words, well, Englisb bas those too. A few years ago. members of the National Association of Teachers of Speecb came up witb a list, of the ten ugliest words in our language. The nominations are: cacophony, crunck flatulent, gripe, jazz, phlegma tic, plump, plutocrat, sap and treacheng. Ail of which makes me, suspect tbe NATS suffers from pickle implantation in an anatomical region suifer- ing from negligible sunsbrne -- wbat's s0 ugly about jazz? Or plurnp" Or even treacb- ery, for that matter? You want ugly? How about Nictuals'? Try 'flak'., Or 'glottis'. Or "kibosb'. 0f course, 1 bave an unfair advantage over tbe National Association of Teachers of Speech. NATS is_ an Amnerican organization, whereas I arn Canadian.11 We Canucks know the true rneaningof ugly words. Didn't we give the world a brand new word that sets a whole new standard for foul moutbing? Mulroney. 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