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A Dictionary of Prince Edward Island.

T.K. PRATT, Editor

Associate Professor of En- glish, UPEI

Inside the smart tartan cover one finds the statement ” an es- sential work not only for those concerned with Prince Edward Is- land and the Maritimes studies but for all those interested in the regional usage of English.” Terry Pratt has written a dictionary of non-standard words as used, or once used, on the Island — simply, what people say.

This is not a dictionary of words or meanings unique to the Island, much wider patterns of distribution and use by other di- alects of some of our more inter- esting words are noted.

By: A. Marlow

Just when you thought you had seen every possible combina- tion and permutation of pairing of cops — man and woman, black and white, etc. - Twentieth Cen- tury Fox has come up with an- other one to thrill all you science- fiction fans, and boy -— is it a doozy!

Mandy Patikin plays an alien who has accidently landed in Cal- ifornia’s Mojave Desert, along with another quarter of a million or so, when the ship he was trav- elling on malfunctioned. After a brief quarantine, these “new- comers” or “slags”, as the hu- mans have come to call them, are given human names, learn the language, and some even get jobs. The humans are, of course, not totally pleased, to say the least, with this new arrangement, but eventually settle into a somewhat peaceful co-existance.

The story focuses on Sykes

(James Caan) whose partner has just been killed by a “newcomer”

Pratt states, ” Compiling a dictionary is something like do- ing detective work.” This is ex- actly the process he has used, research consisted of postal sur- veys, fieldwork surveys, tapes, and observers to name but a few.

There are approximately 1000 en- tries, the phonetics are available for the unusual, entries are self- explanatory, cross-references are plenty, also definitions and sup- portive quotations exist such as:

Mailbox money-

Social assistance money from a government.

” | heard a certain politician saying everybody in his riding got mailbox money.”

Many of the words reflect our fishing industry and a few words are foreign to most ears:

Clart-

A dirty, untidy person.

Scra-

A worthless person, a good- for-nothing.

Shook-

A nosy person.

and of course, we can not for- get:

Away-

Any place other than Prince Edward Island or Maritimes-

Pratt has included an essay entitled ” The Dictionary in Pro- file. ” This is a statistical plot

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and “George” (Patikin) who is his new partner in the search for a murderer. These two are forced to put aside their individual fears and prejudices to work together, and in the process of investigat- ing the case, they uncover some- thing far more dangerous.

This “something” shows up in the form of a drug that was given to the aliens who were slaves on their home planet as a reward for hard work. This drug is par- ticularly dangerous because, al- though it tastes like detergent to humans, it has powerful nar- cotic effects on the aliens, and, if taken in large enough doses, causes them to metamorphosize into super horrible creatures with a taste for certain human entrails.

I’m not going to mention the thrilling outcome of the movie, because it is really too good to miss, and I strongly urge you to see it, especially if you are inter- ested at all in science-fiction. In fact, this movie is so good that I would give it at least an “A” rat-

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Answer to Last Issue’s Chemmiegram:

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- A Book Review

By: Dawn Ambler

making connections between re- search done and language found Many readers will find this sec. tion most informative. Behinc every word there are at leas seven sources and there exists a1 extensive bibliography.

A distinctive feel is missin; from this book though. The fee ing one gets from hearing the d alect in your ears. The color ca not be captured on paper.

” This dictionary has not bee finished, but merely ended.” Ot viously Professor Pratt has follow-up in the works. Recon mended reading and definitely reference work to put on yo

shelf. Found in the UPEI Boo] store.