The Capital Times from Madison, Wisconsin • 43

Prof Cassidy Has mi i I ne brooa By NANCY HEINBERU (Of The Capital Timei Staff) IT HE KNEW just a few things about you, U.W. English Prof. Frederic G. Cassidy could probably tell whether you ay pancakes," "hot cakes," or "griddle cakes" when you order something for breakfast Cassidy directs a staff of researchers who are conducting a systematic, nationwide search for "reglonalisms," expressions which are characteristic of certain areas of the country, The result of this search will be an historic Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE). The DAR survey is based partially on on-the-spot interviews with 1,000 adult native speakers chosen according to their age, sex, education, social status, occupation, and the stability of the population in their home communities.

For the state of Wisconsin, for example, DARE has designated 22 informants 12 from urban areas, 10 from rural arcas-of whom 12 are classified as over 60," 1 eight as "between 40 and S3," and two as "under 39. A housewife in rural Monroe, a mechanic in Beloit, a salesman in Oshkosh, and an engineer in Ashland are included in the list of Wisconsin informants. 1 1 Five especially trained field workers, armed with tape-recorders, confront informants all over the United States with a list of 1,600 questions designed to discover what words they normally use for common objects, experiences, emotions, and social customs. The field workers, who are graduate students recruited for the project from various universities, travel in camper trucks, going south in winter and north in summer. They know how to; make contact with the appropriate informants.

Weve discovered that the subject of foods is inexhaustible and universally interesting, Cassidy comments. "Its also a good topic with which to pacify those informants who think were really interested in something other than words. Rcgionalisms usually reflect the speech habits of the earliest settlers of a region. The dialect of Southwestern Wisconsin is different from the rest of the state because many of the people who settled the country around Platteville came up north from the midlands to dig lead, Cassidy explains. In Monroe and Shullsburg, children use the term "belly-bumper for sliding face-down on a sled.

In Cassville its "bellybump. For the" rest of the state, whose patterns of language come from New England by way of upstate New York, "bellyflop is the prevailing term. The Yankee element, which poured into Wisconsin after 1835, carried with it the latest innovations from the East. Cottage cheese, pantry," and porch are among the words Wisconsin has gained through Yankee settlement. Dutch cheese, "buttery, and "stoop, though still in use, are older terms.

bubbler, that's it "The local word for drinking fountain Although field work will produce the most significant collection of data for the nationwide survey, Cassidy and his staff are also concentrating on written sources: novels, short stories, poetry, plays, diaries, and representative newspapers. We try to stick carefully to the most scrupulous authors of regional fiction, Cassidy notes. John Steinbeck studies a locality until he has developed an ear for the way the natives talk. The Okies in Grapes of Wrath really talk like Okies. But some other authors attempts at dialect can be pretty shabby.

Cassidy has long been a leading defender of characteristically American speech habits, lie feels that too many Americans have the notion that their language is second class English. If it fills a need and is apt, any expression is perfectly good that was a new one on me." (Staff photos by David SandcII) DARE will be gathering information for three or four more years, using modern data processing methods to store nearly 5 million items. Cassidy hopes to begin the complicated task of editing the material in 1970. Cassidy's interest in dialectology came naturally. He grew up among the variety of accents, expressions, and rhetorical styles found on the Island of Jamaica in the British West Indies.

A member of the U.W. faculty since 1939, Cassidy earned the right to directorship of DARE through his association with the Linguistic Atlas of the United States and Canada and through his directorship of the Wisconsin English Language Survey, begun in 1948 and financed by U.W. graduate school research funds. English, Cassidy comments. The world would be an awfully dull place if there were only one way of saying everything.

DARE came to life in 1963 when Cassidy bluntly told tlie American Dialect Society, whose members had dreamed foggily of the idea since 1889, that the way to produce a scholarly survey of the nation's dialects was to hire a full-time director, get plenty of money, and do the job. Someone has said that by reading what used to appear in Dialect Notes one could discover where English professors spent their summer holidays and what restaurants they frequented, Cassidy comments. "But now, thanks to a substantial federal grant and to the University of Wisconsin, which supplied additional funds and a place for us to work, we have a really sophisticated study underway. Bulletins THE CAPITAL TIMES! WWW si Tell Me Why! r-NQf cMI toy FRANK CUSTER One Out Five Makes -jTnx Error tTT New Pupil; Of course not.) lx By HAL BOYLE EW YORK UP) a coiumnis; might Orpheum band, offers band instruments for sale. By TOM BARLET (of The Capital Times Staff) The Capital Times mill pay $2 for each question used in "Question of the Day." Today's winner is Mrs.

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Dayton is advertised for sale at $12,000 cash; a six-room house on Keyes Avenue can be purchased for thgse "bargains are available from Arneson and Teal, realtors Madison Steam Laundry advertises that it does wet waSh" at 25 pounds for 60 cents The only woman osteopathic physician in Madison is Dr. Elva J. Lyman, 213 N. Hamiltoh A. L.

Bestor, trombonist with the re Fortg Year Ago THE Madison School Board votes down a move to ban riiarried teachers from teaching in public schools here Formation of the Blackhawk Scout Council, the first organization to cover Boy Scout activities in the area including Dane, Sauk, Columbia, and Jefferson Counties, takes place at a meeting in the Park Hotel; executive board member are Dr. J. C. Eisom, president; Dr. J.

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Marschail, E. R. Stevens, and Dr. Thomas W. Tormey Bowar Bros, farm implement, auto, hardware and other items firm, Cross Plains, did about a third of a million dollars business last year; owners of the firm are Lawrence, Joseph, and Jacob Bowar Walter Klinkert ahd Charles Langer, who for the past two years conducted the Waterloo Hardware Store, dissolve their This year Ill travel about 7,000 miles, said Harry Es-corbo, 80, a sprightly, white-haired gentleman with glasses and a deep tan who stopped at my office recently.

He was born in Yucatan, lived for awhile in New York and now lives in Mexico City. Prior to retiring at 60 he operated a sisal hemp plantation. be invented" by man would be something to keep himself clean. Yet the history of soap goes back only about 2,000 years! What did people do before soap? They anointed their bodies with olive oil. They used juices of various plants and certain ashes to clean themselves with.

The first mention of soap in any writing appears in the work of a Roman called Pliney who lived in the first century A.D. He said the Gauls (who lived in what is now France) had two kinds of soap, hard and soft. And it was used originally to brighten up the hair! And here is an interesting fact. The city of Pompeii was buried under a volcanic eruption in the year 79 A.D. In the ruins of this ancient Roman city there has been found a complete set-up for the making of soap! Whats more, they even found some cakes of soap that resemble the kind of soap made today.

And today, of course, all the eral billion circuits, and is so efficient it can operate for four hours on the energy for a single peanut. (Take two peanuts, kid, and think real big.) How much do you spend on clothing? In the average family one out of every 10 dollars goes for this purpose. Now they tell us: London Bridge, the old nursery rhyme to the contrary, never really did fall down But it once sagged badly because of the weight of the houses built on it. Prosperity Note: The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that by the age of 64 the average doctor has earned $717,000, the average lawyer 621,000.

Quotable Notables: A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. John Barrymore. Sneaking of wives, the Book cf Proverbs says, Whoso find-eth a wife findeth a good thing" This was a favorite saying of King Solomon, who CHICAGO The. 35 S. reputedly managed to find a airlines employ more than 15,000 thousand of those "good things stewardesses.

I for himself. If you were the teacher in your class, what changes would you make? Why? Write a short letter about it and you may win a 15-volunie set of Britan-nica Junior Encyclopedia. Important: entries must be addressed Teacher, Tell Why, and give your name, age, and address (give zip code). to New York to visit another son. Ive been doing this every year since I retired.

Bus travel suits me fine because its just like driving in your own car except that youve got a chauffeur and plenty of companions. I dont know why it is but people on buses love to talk. And I enjoy the rest stops where you can stretch your legs and have a cup of coiiee. And best of all is the money you save Im not a man and I couldnt travel the way I do if it werent for buses. Of course youve got your food costs.

But Im convinced that to live long you must eat lightly. So food costs me very little. I even enjoy sleeping on a bus. But if it a long trip I often get off in the evening, stay overnight at a guest house, and resume the trip the next day. THE QUESTION Do you think the day will come when young women are drafted into military service in this country? WHERE ASKED Downtown Madison.

THE ANSWERS Cornwell, 5421 Esther Secretary I it is possible, but not very probable. I think if a need were known, there would be enough 1 i stments to prevent ne-c i of a draft. Todays young women more daring and independent than ever before in history. Actually, a stint in the military would probably be good for many young women, would give them a chance see more of the world be-settling down. Angus Rothwell, 4429 Rolla Lane, Educator I dont think draft would be neces- sary.

Im suref that if there were a need and concerted ef- were madej enlist women, -J more than! ir enough would volunteer. Theie no doubt that women could be used very effectively in the armed forces to relieve men for combat duty. Of course, this is being done right now. I think women in the military proved their worth during World War II. With todays technology, there are many more functions they can fulfill other than clerical work.

Roy Burbank, De Forest, Trucker I doubt it very much. I have no I have eight children, said Escorbo, who speaks excellent English, so when I retired I decided to visit each of them every year. These trips give me something exciting to look forward to. My usual schedule involves traveling by bus to my children who live in various parts of Mexico. Then I board a big bus for Los Angeles to visit a daughter.

From there I go to Miami to visit a son, and then State Capitol, says he will remain at the capitol and not change to the State Office i'l i as originally Tiet'iifi; Years Ago EMBERS of the Brownie Scout Committee at Edg-erton are Mrs. Harold Heller, Mrs. William Lane, Mrs. Joseph Ilestenes, and Edward Hartzel Frank Bros. Grocery is using a bobsled an team of horses to deliver groceries to customers in University Heights; the delivery truck burned out in trying to get through the drifts in the area Jerry Higgins, blind operator of the cigar stand in the MARMADUKE STRICTLY BUSINESS by McFaaHars soap we use is made in fac Since he enjoys bus traveling juries.

But did you know that three months of the year, I 0flty 100 'ear! a8 nearly ail th- soap used in the United States was made at home? Soap is made by boiling fats and oils with an alkali. The ingredients used most often are animal tallows and greases and vegetable oils obtained from seeds of fruits and plants (chiefly palm, cocoanut, and olive trees). Some fish oils are also used. The other ingredients of soap, known as alkalis, are soda-and potash. A curious thing about soap is asked what he dfes the rest of his time.

Its hard lor an older person to find work in Mexico, just as it is anywhere. But I figured out a new job for myself. I went to a travel agent and asked if hed let me go around and find customers for him. He said sure, so I spend my nee iimp contacting people who might be planning a trip or could be encouraged to take cock Ticket Agent We may one a reach a stage when this will be necessary. ith todays modern technology there is more and more that a woman can do in the armed forces.

Right now, I think the tendency is for women to look down on enlisting. This is because life in the military is not pictured as glamorous as it could be. For instance, it does not have the glamour and adventure image that being an airline stewardess has. If they needed more women in service, they would have to do more in the way of promotion imagewise. Wanda Benedict, Route 2, Clerk-Typist I dont know if it will ever come that, blit I think they may try to get more women enlist 7 I I think it would be good for many young women.

There is Kd jno doubt tbati many of the jobs being done by military men could be handled by women. However, I think one must consider the fact that the cost of maintaining a woman in the military would be more than (that of a man. However, byj using women in non-combat I jobs, it might help reduce the i high draft quota for men. I one. The agent pays me a hat scientists still arent sure small commission on every exactly why soap cleans.

One sale I line up, and its pleasant idea is that soap breaks the work for it gives me exercise, greasy dirt into particles so keeps me in touch with folks, small that they are easily and lets me live comfortably. 1- i 1 culd relieve a of very able r4-men for combat -Z -duty. It takes a lot of paper work to run an army. But I don't think it would be necessary to draft them if the Army wanted to use more women. I think they would get enough volunteers.

It would be good experience for a young lady to serve the military. Eoxana Kubly, US S. Han rinsed away. Another idea is that soap lubricates the dirt particles makes them so If you would like a booklet slippery that they cant hang "Retiring to Mexico" write to on to the surface and so theyre Robert Peterson, Life Be-washed aay. gins at Forty, in care of The; Capital Times, enclosing a FUN TIME (The Ohm.

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