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| September 2002 |
| "Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together."..... Anonymous |
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| granni has two favorite websites for September. The first one is the Library Spot - one of the best places on the web for information on just about everything! The second is - ta dah! - more of the same - the HomeworkSpot. The main pages have separate homerooms for elementary, middle and high school with separate links for different school subjects!!! Try it; I KNOW you'll like it. |
| September Observances: September 2 - Labor Day September 8 - Grandparents Day September 11 - Remembrance September 23 - Autumn Equinox |
| Back to school!!! Think of the GOOD stuff about it: - You get to see old friends that don't live close to you. - Sports and extracurricular activities start up again. - You get to refresh your memories and learn lots of new stuff. - Vacation might be boring if you had to do it all the time! |
| Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 14 each year. Celebrations might include everything from having a party featuring pinatas and dancing to simply enjoying some tacos and beans for dinner. One of granni's new favorite websites, FactMonster, has a special page with links to all sorts of wonderful activities in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. |
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| ...and if all that isn't enough, you can always check out Brendan Kehoe's Kids on the Web site for more links! |
| Recently one of my grandchildren said, "You're really stylin' gramma!" and although I never heard the word before, I knew what she meant! Why? Because I know what the word style means! Here's the dictionary meaning. Keep in mind that it's a noun. style n. (pronounced stile - rhymes with aisle or I'll) The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed: a style of speech and writing. The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era. ... but when I looked up styling I found nothing! Why? It's not yet recognized in the dictionary as a word. It might be someday though. That's how the English language evolves. You might say stylin' is a colloquial usage of the word style, or maybe it's just a slang word - made up to mean "one who has a certain style." |
| Okay, it's obvious that many of you already know what the word style means so granni's word for the month is..... |
| colloquial \kuh-LOH-kwee-uhl\, adjective: characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation; "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"; "the broken syntax and casual enunciation of colloquial English"; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial phrases; a colloquial style. Have you noticed how some people sound different than you? Sometimes that may be because they grew up in a different country and their native language differs from yours. Sometimes it could be because they grew up in the same country as you but a different region - or part - of the country. Some of their words and phrases are probably colloquial. We're all familiar with bottled beverages often referred to as "soda" - or is the word "pop" - I guess it depends on what you learned to call it when you were little, right? Viva la difference! (That's French for "Hurray for Individuality!") |
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| Definitions were all found at my favorite quick reference site: Dictionary.com. Wondering what the official definition is for the word "slang"? Click on the link and find out for yourself! |
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| web by Shirley Salas granni39 September 12, 2002 |
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