* Robinson's Quality Pest Control | Locally ewned and operated | Sean Robinson P.O. Box 82 (613) 867-8358 | Picton, Ontario (6813) 476-3500 | KOK 270 Environmentally Wise | Prince Edward County Discussion Group invites you to join us Thursday, September 8, 2005 7:30 p.m. in the Board Room P.E.C. Memorial Hospital ! Grammar to Help You - Cont'd from page 5 Guest Speaker soars dion y d. oD) I 4 d. "Using a litotes form is sometimes not an Lm Qa v3 Ars 0 a af, § ineffective way to get you to shut up", meaning it is effective in getting the speaker to be quiet. RN, BScN, MBA, CNE : Sure, you know what an oxymoron is. But can KGH Manager, Renal Program § you identify a pieonasm? It's the opposite of oxymoron. Belleville & Picton It's when two words are redundant. Like free gift, frozen ice, sharp point, or hot fire. So when some self-proclaimed member of the intelligentsia is droning on, babbling § endlessly (sort of a pleonasm) on an arcane subject, keep § your ears open {pleonasm?) for pleonasms. Then say, 1 "You hardly prove your point by utilizing pleonasms". Even if you don't spot a pleonasm, say it anyway. Chances are the guy 1s so full of himself that he won't ask what a pleonasm is, and you will have got away with a real Zinger. Update and tour of dialysis unit Come and bring a friend. Finally, a neologism is a newly coined word. Examples are "hard drive", "Jacuzzi" (which is probably also an eponym named after a guy named Jacuzzi), or Pick fl up or visit us online at www expresspublications.net § karaoke. Is Zamboni both a neologism and an eponym? I think "Smart ass" is a newly coined word, and would qualify as a neologism, and would fit the author of Gastronomy - Continued from page 7 this treatise well. art, entertainment and festyles in Prince Edward County Watch for the SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2005 issue : - George Underhill with Chicken Marengo after the battle --- WOW and we think we live under pressure! 4] I can appreciate however the work that goes into serving b= vl ds of h le and sympathize with our County Com t = crowds of hungry people and sympathize with our County =f Chefs and food preparers who have certainly put the County 0 mg 0 = on the Gourmet tourist map. I wonder what they do to take : ° ml their minds of the pressure of their jobs -- probably go to an- C im ef est ° a other area as a tourist! a 2 Sept 12: My Summer of Love § P y - John A. Jackson = Sept 26: Brothers