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Music To The Ears
If It Sounds Right
T
ake care of the sense and the sounds will take care
of themselves." These words of advice are from
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
There are three similar sound words (sing,
hum and whistle) that evoke many meanings
depending on the words for which they provide
the root.
Many of us enjoy singing, even when we do
not do all that great a job. I recall leading sing-
ing when I was a camp supervisor, and I always
told the campers, "You do not need to sing well;
just sing loudly." That is the secret to enjoying
camp songs, anyway.
How often do we find our voices when asked
to join a sing-along? The fun is in joining in, not
in being adept at vocalizing. If you are at a rally
or similar gathering and your support is enlist-
ed, you may be asked to sing out — call out your
support loudly. If you are enamored of old-time
crime movies, you are familiar with the "rat" who is warned
not to "sing to the coppers" and thus turn in his gang.
The murmur that is identified as a hum, the low sound
like that of a motor or a bee, lends itself to various forms.
If you find a presentation somewhat boring and devoid of
interest, it may be described as ho-hum or humdrum. On
the other end of the spectrum is the person or
event that is considered excellent, a humdinger.
If, however, you are caught in an error and must
apologize, you are seen to "eat HUMble pie". If
you are out to deceive or if you discover a bit of
nonsense or someone who is an imposter, all may
be covered by the term humbug.
If you put your lips together and blow, you
create a sound called a whistle — a clear, shrill
sound. A small town or brief visit on a tour has
been called a whistle stop. If you report on some
wrong doing, you are a whistle blower. One
of the famous whistlers was James Whistler, a
painter who lived from 1834-1903 and who was
responsible for the painting we call Whistler's
Mother. For you trivia fans, the correct name is
Arrangement in Grey and Black.
Now that you are expert in these noises, you should not
hesitate to sound off.
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executive, knows a loan can change
a life. What he never knew until
recently is a Hebrew Free Loan from
1935 significantly changed the life of
someone he knows — his own.
The archives for Hebrew Free Loan
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purpose of the loans, and many
other details. "I decided to see if my
family ever received a loan, and to
my complete surprise, there was my
grandfather's name," Michael says.
"No one ever mentioned it and I had
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young business owner, took out a
loan to pay for a surgery for his infant
son — my father. It's amazing to
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