Thanks, Pat, Sheila, Doug. Bubs is first year of primary school. Some of us
skipped grade one and went straight to grade two from Bubs,
mispronunciations notwithstanding.
Bad fire potential today. We get out early and will spend the day in
Bendigo, Ballarat or even Melbourne.
Bill
On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 at 3:57 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Better to remember the pains of the past these day, Bill? (than the
> trials by fire of today).
>
> I assume ‘bubs’ is an Australianism, but for what?
>
> Doug
>
> > On Nov 20, 2019, at 8:21 AM, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> > I hear you, Bill. Very real to me.
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 2:40 AM Patrick McManus <
> > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> haha cheers Bill all these traumas !
> >>
> >> On 19/11/2019 20:35, Bill Wootton wrote:
> >>> in bubs
> >>>
> >>> waiting for my turn
> >>>
> >>> the teacher had set up spelling circles
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> when she pointed at a chalked word
> >>>
> >>> she called a student by name
> >>>
> >>> to spell out the word in letters
> >>>
> >>> then pronounce it to the class
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> the words are easy
> >>>
> >>> 3 or 4 letters
> >>>
> >>> even as a 6 year old I’m bored
> >>>
> >>> impatient for my turn
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> and then
> >>>
> >>> I’m on -
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> s.a.y.s. I say
> >>>
> >>> then go to pronounce
> >>>
> >>> and hesitate -
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> worlds fall
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> s - saze I mutter
> >>>
> >>> knowing it should be sez
> >>>
> >>> but after hearing days as daze
> >>>
> >>> my spoken mojo
> >>>
> >>> has evaporated
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> fine she says
> >>>
> >>> and moves on
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> half of me glad
> >>>
> >>> not to have been corrected
> >>>
> >>> in front of all
> >>>
> >>> half appalled
> >>>
> >>> that rigour had
> >>>
> >>> so easily slid
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> bw
>
> Douglas Barbour
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