Newsletter for past alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 12 of April 2003. Circular No. 75
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Dear Friends,
Here a couple of lines from Don Mitchell, with whom I have been in contact since the 1960´s thru mail, e-mail, but not eye ball. But I hope that this personal meeting is going to be soon.
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From: "LADISLAO KERTESZ" <lkertesz2@icqmail.com>
To: <idmitch@candw.ag>
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 8:31 AM
Dear Don,
Thank you for your effort to get Anthony Lucky´s article ready. Please, I would like you to write in the future on the spoken language that Gordon and you spoke to confuse us. I believed you told me that it was a transposition of syllables????
God Bless
Ladislao
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From: "Don Mitchell, QC" <idmitch@candw.ag>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 22:41:13 -0400
Hello Ladislao,
You asked about the language that Gordon and I spoke at Mount to confuse those that did not know the method. The period was the late 1950s-early 1960s. The "language" that we used was widely spoken among school boys in England at the time. Gordon and I read about it in boy's books that were available in the school library at the time. The language was called Pig-Latin. The way it worked was like this: You took the first letter of each word and placed it at the end of the word. Then you added the letter "a". So, if you wanted to say, "Hello, how are you?" You said, "elloha, owha reaa ouya?" With a little practice, you could do it as fast as you could speak normal English. So that, you could appear to carry on a conversation in Pig Latin at the same rate as others were speaking normal English. It was a simple enough trick to do with ease if you gave it a little practice, and it gave us much amusement while it lasted.
Llaa heta estba.
Don
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On Sun, 03 November 2002, "Don Mitchell, QC" wrote:
Hello Ladislao,
The latest circular received loud and clear!
I am about to give up on my hope that Anthony Lucky will get a secretary in his office to send me a proper photograph that can be attached to his biography, as he sent it to me. Would you like me to send you the incomplete article on Anthony, sans photo? Or, I could access one of the Trinidadian sites and select a photo of Anthony that you could attach quite easily. There are plenty of those.
Don
PS. Anthony, this is supposed to make you leap in to action.
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Hi Ladislao,
I think WVB is one of the most evocative and compelling users of the English language that I have ever read. I have no idea where he publishes normally, but hope that he keeps sending you items to attach to your circulars.
All the best,
Don
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Sorry to inform you Don, that Wayne has promised to send his column but none have been received since January, I believe. I used to take the articles from the Jamaican Observer as they were posted in the Search section, but because of difficulties in what seemed to be my choosing his material, I made an agreement with him. I would not take the material from the Newspaper but would wait for him to send it to me, this way he would get the articles that he wanted published, in the order and content that he chose. Ed.
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Here is additional information taken from last year´s circular:
Caracas, 12 of April 2003. Circular No. 75
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Dear Friends,
Here a couple of lines from Don Mitchell, with whom I have been in contact since the 1960´s thru mail, e-mail, but not eye ball. But I hope that this personal meeting is going to be soon.
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From: "LADISLAO KERTESZ" <lkertesz2@icqmail.com>
To: <idmitch@candw.ag>
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 8:31 AM
Dear Don,
Thank you for your effort to get Anthony Lucky´s article ready. Please, I would like you to write in the future on the spoken language that Gordon and you spoke to confuse us. I believed you told me that it was a transposition of syllables????
God Bless
Ladislao
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From: "Don Mitchell, QC" <idmitch@candw.ag>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 22:41:13 -0400
Hello Ladislao,
You asked about the language that Gordon and I spoke at Mount to confuse those that did not know the method. The period was the late 1950s-early 1960s. The "language" that we used was widely spoken among school boys in England at the time. Gordon and I read about it in boy's books that were available in the school library at the time. The language was called Pig-Latin. The way it worked was like this: You took the first letter of each word and placed it at the end of the word. Then you added the letter "a". So, if you wanted to say, "Hello, how are you?" You said, "elloha, owha reaa ouya?" With a little practice, you could do it as fast as you could speak normal English. So that, you could appear to carry on a conversation in Pig Latin at the same rate as others were speaking normal English. It was a simple enough trick to do with ease if you gave it a little practice, and it gave us much amusement while it lasted.
Llaa heta estba.
Don
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On Sun, 03 November 2002, "Don Mitchell, QC" wrote:
Hello Ladislao,
The latest circular received loud and clear!
I am about to give up on my hope that Anthony Lucky will get a secretary in his office to send me a proper photograph that can be attached to his biography, as he sent it to me. Would you like me to send you the incomplete article on Anthony, sans photo? Or, I could access one of the Trinidadian sites and select a photo of Anthony that you could attach quite easily. There are plenty of those.
Don
PS. Anthony, this is supposed to make you leap in to action.
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Hi Ladislao,
I think WVB is one of the most evocative and compelling users of the English language that I have ever read. I have no idea where he publishes normally, but hope that he keeps sending you items to attach to your circulars.
All the best,
Don
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Sorry to inform you Don, that Wayne has promised to send his column but none have been received since January, I believe. I used to take the articles from the Jamaican Observer as they were posted in the Search section, but because of difficulties in what seemed to be my choosing his material, I made an agreement with him. I would not take the material from the Newspaper but would wait for him to send it to me, this way he would get the articles that he wanted published, in the order and content that he chose. Ed.
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Here is additional information taken from last year´s circular:
Here is the sad story taken from a clipping in the Trinidad Express given to me by Gordon Mitchell. Those living in Trinidad must have read the news, but I know that those living overseas would like to know.
A Short note by Gordon Mitchell:
Hi, Ladislao,
I thought this would be of interest to the rest of the ex school mates.
Gordon
A Short note by Don Mitchell:
Hi, Gordon
Thanks for the clippings. Now, if only I had 2 million to spare!!"
Don
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On the old Abbey Building:
If anyone has further news on the old building, please send in a report.
God Bless
Ladislao
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Listado: C75.xls
Photos: Old abbey demolish020330
Don Mitchell010504
Mitchells dog MARS 020520
Song. 145858-1-05
Column: dbratt -No column has been received
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Send information to: Ladislaokertesz@hotmail.com, if you would like to be in the circular's mailing list or any old boy that you would like to include. Telf. 0(212) 263.5346 Caracas.
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ATTACHMENTS
Listado C75.xls | Names | Form V | Contact | nickname | business address | Phone | ||
| Basanta, David | Spanish Teacher | Dayboy | TT | ||||
| Basanta, Philip | roge | Dayboy | |||||
| Basil, Michael | |||||||
| Bastianu, Jim | roge | Dayboy | |||||
| Bayne, A | |||||||
| Becerra, Andres Eloy | glen | YV | |||||
| Becerra, Manuel | glen | YV ccs | |||||
| Bede, Theunissen Fr. (RIP) | OSB, Prior | lk | |||||
| Beharry, Deolal | boos | ||||||
| Belloso, Jose | glen | YV | |||||
| Benarroch, Alfredo | 1967 | pablo | whg | Pto. La Cruz | (0281) 281 0832 | alfredobenarroch@cantv.net | |
| Benarroch, Gustavo | 1970 | pablo | whg | Pto. La Cruz | (0281) 281 0614 | ||
| Benazar, Jaime Elias | 1971 | glen | whg | YV | (0212) 286 3477 | benjur@etheron.net | |
| Benedict, Fr. | OSB, Science Teacher | lk | |||||
| Beretta-Piccoli, Rinaldo | glen | YV | |||||
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