oe 7 Accents. in, the: ‘18608. ‘eens are’ ina fluld-state’and are slowly -: helng’ eroded by. the” “samenes ’” standard Canadian Englishm-. Wye “There. is no question the "regione ace : — cents are being: diminished: and- replaced - ay “by al standard Canadian English,”” Wilson - of said: “This 'is particulary evident in the: Halifax aream” *. . ; _’ Wilson defines ah accent ‘as a. ‘typical 7 ‘grouping of: speech patterns that: are - —— — CORN Fass LR tan Tisagd- ; ct ZCP) — simile the fog may . stan reep saya Ontari¢ ongulst ‘Hy ‘Rex. -Witsan; ‘who Maritimers losing accen 2 poet He ber ‘der into da_tik fog.” “his. Rs in we et af his'srouth ‘and: at ble: “Youd : However,’ it is: dikely burger who atiended a spl ‘ade ‘ha made! Ae: tensive ‘atudy. af ‘Nov Scotia. ° : “ek - Wilson sald-in an interview. the ‘ald ‘ac... “related ta: social class and geography. . Lunenburg . County, in‘southern Nova Scatia,and parts of Cape Breton are. hotbeds of linguistic independence, seen by lingulats as. 'relic areasn’” he ‘sdid. . Although: threatened, Cape ‘Bretonese, - . Lunenburger and Acadian French are.the most distintive accents in the provirice. _ And there’are still hinta of Kings County ‘twangn | Annapolis _ Valley-spenk and Guysborough drawin all a ‘gift from the early English settlersm ’ SUBSTITUTE LETTERS. en In Limenburgn an elderly descendant: of a German settler would likely pronounce ,- y :NewEngl fdstatesand the English: spoken’ ‘on television and: radio-have: altered ace Gents. ‘among: the young: . .. Nova ‘Scotia linguist’ Maurice. Holder Dalhousie’ Uniyersity.aaid ai airtight way teapot a Cape. Bretoner-is to listen for: Vs ‘An ‘example: “Howse your ‘father? ” “Fery fine, thank you," all: ‘spoken with a. melodic Gaelic rhythm. 3 ' Holder said these Cape Breton fouches are still evident in the speech of External . - Affairs. Minister Allan. MacEachen and. : Flora MacDonaldn a Progressive Con- ~ servative member of:Parliamemt, despite “their years in Ottawa. - “With them, it is, almost the. Inst detectable vestige of a- * distinet Cape « Breton accent.” Holder said accents. ‘in Canada. are generally more homogeneous than in- . Many other countries’ because there have - ” been fewer problems and tensions among. - groups. With the mixing of populations. comes standard Canadian English. _ Canada surprises, tourists: CALGARY. ZCP) — "When Sarah’ Firth cng “and Kam Arya left the sweltering heat of ’ southern California on a bicycle four around the world,. they expected to be greeted by. cool Canadian wildernessm - Instead, the British couple travelling on '- @ tandem. cycle found virtual.degert in. British Columbias interior and hot, muggy conditions in the Rocky Mountainsmf s'We were expecting Canada to. be the ‘ail that,” Firth saidm _ “ Kand of igloos and-Eskimos and snow and , Firth, from Brantinghamn and Aryan. from WaltondondThames in Englandn . arrived in Calgary this weekn several - thousand kilometres arid three months into ‘their 35,000-kilometre journeymf sTheir- tripn which they expect to take 344 yearsn began in Los Angeles and has taken them along the ‘United States Pacific coastn .through BmCm. and into Albertami sBesides keeping cool, the couple, both in their 20s, have to contend-with the special problems .of: riding together’ on one. bicyclemf sSelecting the right one of the bikes x1 gears and keeping their pedalling _ Synchronized is-a little more difficult than ’ regular biking, said Arya, an experienced longddistance . cyclistmf But after the first few’ kilometres, the . couple learned‘a few tricks, he said. They learned to twist their bodies in the same direction when en they went into a tum. “And they discovered the extra weight of the tandem helped them glide along’ the gentlest of slopes, - “Other. cyclists. are pedalling away and we just coast right by,” Firth said.. The couple met while.working together as-crew members on a sailboat in’ California. After - making quick. arrangements, they got a bike, a sponser, _ and were.on the road. They have shared a special camaraderie with other cyclists who enjoy seeing them ’ on their Union Jack-adorned tandem, Arya “gaid, . ‘The large mass of the tandem creates a: __ Splendid slipstream that other bikers take -- - advantage ofby pulling up behind them, he said. . But the two ‘have ‘experienced a few mishaps en route as well, including a° tumble just a week into the trip in which . Arya received a few stitches and Firth broke her nose and Jost four teeth. : Since. then, theyhave had a. few problems, except for a few near misses by ‘passing trucks, mechanical breakdowns | and “sore bottoms,” Firth said. . — ‘Méchanical- problems are easily fixed, . however, since all work on their bike ‘is’ courtesy of their sponsor, the Duwahare _bicyele company, - Besides, “another cyclist. will never go by: if you're broken down, and that’s a "+ fact," Arya said... aan ow dat dary. young Liiten- _ movement, ie Bonnie.: ethe athped him six more st ncng onee ‘fo wr ret break rattléanake bit ti Waldronn, a ax he tarted to teach his gon: about handling ‘shakes:*.- \ ‘Enraged, Waldron’ said he’ set out. to bite off the. a reptiles head; but the fatal thémp didn't’ come befor Waldron: had been ‘bitten: seven’ times - +.'He'was rushed. from his home ‘near Lake: City. ‘inh: : northern Florida to a local hospital that night. ‘July * 316, “and: two: ‘hours later wai transferred to. Shands «° 2 Teac hing Hospital in Gainesville, He spent. fc me days ‘there before returning Home’: |. ‘« «that beccime Fs and 2 sounds that eome out 2] a : Alls ‘head and neck sewelléd up like a ballconn” “y és 8. | -- Waldron recalled in arecent Interview vith the: Lake. 4 | City Reporterm’)- , - Waldron said that two days later, a ‘dodtor. came’ -, into the hospital room and began ‘staring at mé fora. long time” in disbelief that the swelling was gone. 7° ._ “I-came out of ‘the hospital faster-than:hes ever’. seen ” Waldron said after returning to‘his job at a’ prefabricated home manufdcturer July 26.07 | _ Waldron who said. he iad bitten ‘other . lessd: : dangerous reptiles such aa’ dak and grass’ snakes, promised o- give up ‘snake-biling “decision was maneneanedly supported by. his wife, He said that Oppressed supported VANCOUVER (CP) — The members of the World . Council of Churches: should © ‘step dealing with - in- atitutions economically involved in. South Africa, | ~ says areport adopted by the -council’s sixth assembly Wednesday night. . The. report on’ South - African ‘adopted . as the council ended its xé-day | assembly here; also calls on churches ‘throughout the world to’. express their — support for the oppressed people. of South Africa “in ‘prayer: and every other appropriate way," and on council member churches to discourage. their ‘people from emigrating: to South | “Africa: It‘ says the. apartiad’ - policies of the government perpetuate white minority "rule at the cost of enormous: ~ . suffering: ~ and. fective’oil embargo.”” : It says ‘widespread and- ’ flagrant violations continue. . ‘to, be an everyday - -part of | South African life,” '. “Restrictions . of *"arrestsn detention ‘without -Shagari_ su pports West LAGOS (AP) + Nigerian _President Shehu Shagarin a softdspoken - Moslem pragmatisin’. seeks to - consolidate’ his country’s experiment in democratic government and strengthen . its economic ties with. the West; analysts in Lagos aay. With his election. to a second four-year term in final returns declared early Thursdayn Shagari' uas expected to- maintain a hard line. .against white-ruled South Africa and strive to enhance this huge country’s’ influence on the African ~ continent. Shagari is a 58-year-old. former schoolmaster who registered to vote this year AS a farmer from Sokoto state in northwestern ’ Nigeria. His long public career. has been charac- terized: . by caution and conciliation, .in’ contrast, to” the reputation of many,._ . Nigerians for = com.’ petitivenessm He Is regarded as scrupulously honestn ‘but has. been accused of tolerating corruption that Is widely suspected in ather high offices, i “In hid first four years in officen there were no signs that he was able to controt and manage his own men welln” the National Con- cordn a Lagos newspaper, said recently. “Some: . political analysts have said that the president may be less - constrained | Zin) a second term, “In * 1979, he. ‘certainly. picked many people who : * didnt have any business in’ - ’ governmentm” : ENDS. MILITARY RULE Shagari, whose election in 1979, ended 13 years of military’ rule, committed his first term to shoring up . democratic government in Nigeria, .a- teeming, ‘boisterous country of 80 | taillion to 100 million People. | There are-more than w50 | ethnic groups and as many - diplomats here characterise dialectsm - _ a8frlendly and cordial.” Shagari’s “ National The United States is a Independence party drew ‘leading crude oil customer interdregional - supportn : of. Nigerian a mayerick bolstering ite base among “his Fulani tribe and the Hausa, who together comprise an estimated 35 per cent of the populationm Regional rivalries remain ‘keen, 23. years after this former colony became independent from Brilain. “My greatest concern is to see that democracy survives. in Nigerian” Shagari told a biographerm “We owe that to our people and to the rest of Africam” Africa, a continent dotted * with onedparty states, has been the focal point of Shagaris foreign - polieyn including. striving . -preserve the. tonation Organization . of _ African Unity. - 18 ON COOL TERMS . ‘Shagari; on cool terms | with Libyan Leader Col. ‘Moammar. Khidafyn is a ’ capitalist who has nurtured a-- relationship ° with Washington that -. Us. member of the Organization of Petroleum _ Exporting Countries producing about x.3 million barrels a daym. ’ Shagari, the son-of. a village headmann was born in Mayn 1925, in Sokoto state and entered polities in x954 with election tothe Federal -- House of Representatives. | After: independence, he _held several cabinet posts, | including those of economic: development ‘and internal . Affairs. ° rn ee In 1970, at the end of the which ; ravaged. eastern Nigerian Shagari* ‘became minister of rehabilitation and reconeiliationmf sHe: - bolstered his reputation as a -eonciliator last -year by ' - pardoning the exiled leader Of the Biafran rebellionn Chukwuemeka Odumegwa Ojukwum . Ojukwu returned ‘home from thé Ivory Coast and Joined Shagaris ‘political ‘party. CZ reports - loss e(-month Biafran civif'warn .8VANCOUVER ZCP) I Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd. has -. reported a 108s of $3.9 million for the quarter ended June 30, bringing its loss for the first half of x983 to $15.8 ‘million or - La? a share. The latest figures compare with losses of $4.4 million in th. second quarter of 1982 and $9.6 million or 41. 18 B thare inthe ' first six: months of last year,. - Sales Were 9348.1: million in the first half of x83, com- ‘pared with $326.4 million a year earlfer, the company said Wednesday in a news release. . President Tom Rust said the company’ 8 major losses continue to come from its coastal wood products operations which serve offshore markets that have not strengthened 8B much. as other sectoram & ., Ital, torture and death have ~ become din institutionalized © > Way of - intimidating . ‘black.- sup- people. and - thelr, porters. me CANT BE AVOIDED The report. says that | ‘ within. this contextn ‘a° church which seeks to be the church and to proclaim the liberating gospel and divine demand for justite ‘cannot avoid a confrontation with .the governmentm” - ”. -- | sIt notes, therefore, ‘that there has been increasing pressure on the South African Council of Churches by the government in South ° Africa. ; ‘Among the 14 recom- mendations’ made in the _ Teport ig: an expression of South - support for ‘the African counciim |. . Bishop Desmond ‘Tutu, moderator. of that council, . expressed his support. for the statement but said he wanted it ts contain “an : -expression of caring for the white South Africans.” Tutu was Initially denied permission by ‘the South African “government. . to the World Council of Churches’ assembly. . That: decision | was: reversed: in - ’ late July," sl wish we could indicate to _ them (the whites) that the atteh world church. loves and welcomes themn” he told delegates. “General Proval was given to a suggested amendment by Tutu): expressing gupporim =, CONDEMNS USS. - : The council also adopted a statement on Central American debated earlier at the assembly, = “The statement condemns . invelvement by the United - States in Nicaraguan saying achievements of _ Peport ‘saysn citing the ‘penalty of: the death urges. ' governments to ‘give the. ' highest priority establishment of an‘ ef- to - the arbitrary that such involvement has. increased fear and. tension - in that. -country and in-. creased the chances of war, _ 1. “We lift ‘up our conéern’° for the people of the entire _ _ Tegion by drawing attention to the lifedaffirming * the . Micaraguan peoples and its. “leadership since x979,"". the nally as an examplem . - : One: delegate;- who in- troduced himself asa ~ .“Rusdian by: -birthn - am - American by citizenship,” _ moved that a recom-. mendation opposing American _ military’ in- volvement -in Central . America be .removed. He_ ‘paid it ‘would be unfair to ‘refer to the United States _without. mentioning © the UmS.5.B., ternal adversary.” The: moderator of the session . resisted the amendment, Saying .. - American involvement. in Central - America is - ‘far’: more ——_ overwhelmingly powerful than that of the U.Sm5S.R.” ‘The motion was defeated. — busi a overseeing © |. pipeline agency has ‘shrunk’ ~ .to.¥5 from'189 in a year, the "sponsoring ' U.S. ‘congortium has,” U.S. congressional . study may never be builtm ‘ ‘sponsor “says — it - coming up with costdsaving engineering’ refinements. - ‘. Pipeline Com of ‘Salt Lake . ‘Cityn Utahn has announced “|. construction costs “of: a 7, abot. WS percent. the . estimates. the’ conditioning © a. plant. would coat: about, $3. “billion instead of $4 billion, ay building, itsays, | IB sSavings | “Would | ~ péauit rs partly from a fequirenient - (goverment, to. get the -prefabricated -- - plant ‘to -the ‘Arctic site-in”: two sep: lifts: Instead of the. “diminished "to. nine “would:’..be’ "emailer. ‘and compailes: from: 10, and.a dower. _ “than < “ originally calculatedn: thé Company | SAYSM : But the main. taerjan “. “Other: “studies “already 8. B has concluded the’ pipeline planning construction and: ‘significant ° _ building ‘and operating. the’. overall ‘pipeline systemn” ’- Bays the statement, quoting ~ ‘company chairman John - McMillan; It” gives | no detailsm .. : This - week, Northwest Energy announced it will be . Northwest “Alaskan a plan it says would reduce’ coriditioning * - ‘plant © -on Prudhoe Bay ‘in: ‘northern’: mesial tree values. * woul pees daltulated in inflated _ pani |. dollars — at- the ! time » of ak original: ‘threem ’ ‘The’ plant: “operating - costa. would’ be! 7 under way could also lead, to. savings