Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1935-03-21
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OlOVenly Inere can DC NO
Sneech sound objection to
slang, II It is smart
slang and used In moderation.
But bad grammar, and the constant
use of expressions which are constant
~ employed by young men and women
who are trying to be bright, are
positive handicap.
1t is easy to say that you inherited
your speech from parents who had no
chance to get an education, but it is
nonsense.
Some of the ablest and most brilliant
men and women of the time came from
parents who spoke English very lame
ly; others from parents who spoke with
foreign accents.
Do not try to speak elaborately, or
to use big words.
Speak directly, clearly and forcibly.
Know the exact meaning of every
word you use.
Associate as much as is possible
with people who use correct speech.
Read books by writer's who know how
to use good English.
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Make it a practice to read the die
taonary.
BY that do not mean to begin with
A and end with z.
mean to study pronunciation and
meanings, and to make sure that you
will remember them.
Whenever you are in doubt about
Z word look It up. llaF
Otherwise YOU are going to be EN-
barrassed some time when you floun-
der through sentence and awaken
the smiles Of those who hear you.
Good takers afvays start with an
advantage. But they must be good
takers, not merely glib takers.
They must know what they are talk
ing about, and where to find the words
to do It.
AS for slang, It is often effective, but
It must be used with great intelligence.
The person ,cho employs the same
slang phrase ouer and oUer again is going
to sceary those ,yiih OF to Uhom he speaks
before Tong, and be put do,on for hope.
less bore.
II possible learn another language.
1t will help you with your own tongue.
A foundation in Latin is good, but
by no means necessary.
Your own language is quite sufii
cient for all the necessities of con.
versation and for many of the orna-
ments.
Read and listen. Read and listen
Over and over again.
Pity the person who is not an ad
venturer. The cautious person may
. be safe. but he is
Advar+,r. rarely happy.
The little boy.
running away for
the first time feels thrill that he may
never know again.
''FOr to admire and for to see," is
one of the real objects in life. F.
Never having had the opportunity to
run away to sea. | am not sure if that
is a pleasant and profitable undertake
ing.
But l shall always regret that 1t
was not numbered among my expert
ences.
often wonder why people who live
near high mountains are not continu-
ally scaling them.
notice that those who have
climbed mountains. climb them again
and again when they have a chance.
A relative of mine, whose business
Is rather dreary one, takes two weeks
off every year and spends them In
climbing the tall peaks of Oregon and
California.
Not long ago, having no new noun
tains to scale In his own section of
the country, he made trip to Switzer-
land and climbed some Of the steep
est of the Alps.
The last time saw him he was re-
GREETING that he was too old to try to
cross the Himalayas in plane.
Most Of us are adventurers at heart.
0uO ~ 10 lUU Odu lIdI VIC dIA 10 uol
have the courage or the opportunity
to 60 forth now and then and take
quite unnecessary chances.
Ours is race that Graves excite
ment OF some sort ,Qr other.
To be timid Is to be miserable.
would not advise young men to
take up the business Of lion-taming, or
of stunt flying, but would advise
them. If they are living humdrum
lives to 20 out and find little excite
ment ever so often, to search for ad-
ventures that hold some sort of a
thrill, and which they will remember
happily for all their days.
am sure that 1t is more the ex-
citement of the game than the desire
to get money and still more money
which leads so many men to the stock
market
A memory that is filed with adven-
ture and experience is the kind of q
memory I should love to have.