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od for freedom where, to freshen and liven the _dneffici;ncy_ot| -living-speech. necessary to fill a void in the Eng- >." .' ... He explained there is a weak lish language, whicH7Tie~s5Td~"s to Rep. Charles ness in language which makes --for--assistants. -commorr-wordsf-especia-lly--when- singularly arid in certain words to express .familiar.relatiqnships.' the California overused, weak and ineffective. To ashington seek freshen up.our speech, therefore. ie Waish-Healy we must lapse into slang, he said. ty act and the BEWARE OR "CANT'" ct to allow chil- "Slang is justified on another ars to work on score," be added. "English is par war emergency. ticularly. a fluid tongue, and we :an labor, Wiser constantly seek euphemisms to ion under bond express more elegantly words enf" f6r"tspartial Which, represent Jthe facts of life." in" cash and the But the educator and authority isit_.to_the em_- |=an~"jabhgr^waclcy^ -6autioned--lin- `Fiance' is too stiff and formal; "boy friend' and `girl friend' too -colloquialp-he-said. " `Sweetbfear-iis too strong and almost any other expression than the current slang one is too expressive or stilted. Slang fills a needed gap in the-; .language. The over-precise, overnice speaker is .to be abhored quite as much as the person whose speech is incomprehensible with slang," the professor declared. .yable. upon. .rer. guists ftrdistinguish between slang be used "as" any* other Condiment J --rthe - "solid" stuff--arid "cant", is used -- sparingly but judi which is merely the jargon of a ciously." aan- ' - _ April 15 (JP)-- :, observing her liversary Tues-' who complain rtages--and--ra- ent war diffiships after the Jiss said "those are making so ierefs satisfaction In knowing ^revenrae+ax-yoa-pay it every pack of twenty cigarettes is doing its bit for Uncle Sara