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Show Watch Your JLunguage By DON NORTON Assistant Professor of English Brigham Young University Mormon Cliches .- .... ... - - A cliche is a word or phrase (often a figure of speech) used so often il comes to carry very little precise meaning. A cliche is thus a linguistic "filler" -- a usage that fills up a space, when you don't want to think hard about precisely what you mean. Of course, we could hardly express ourselves in common usage wil houl resorting occasionally to cliches. But in the main, we would do well lo avoid them. Here are some popular Mormon cliches: Prayers: kind care and keeping each and every take us to our separate (or several) abodes in safely the sick and the afflicted, and those who have cause lo mourn that it may nourish and strengthen our bodies, and do us Ihe good we need that no harm or accident will befall us Others: catch the vision special, marvelous, sweet beyond a shadow of a doubt magnify a calling heed the counsel of every fiber of my being for lime and all elernity These become objectionable mainly when they are used as crutches, or are overused. Families would do well to curb fhier use in the home, mainly by parents refusing to use them. This will require some conscious effort by family adulls - but that is the nature of worthwhile tasks. sanes p sec Gift Certificates LQ-'- Available mmrn liUojjrcipli Part ip Efvr" Maline Crockett, author of 1 foSee and Slmv Tories to bee & Share I $ - a! and "More Stories to ? I Michael Bennett, producer of I I ' "Voices For Freedom" mS' ' A Christmas Carol" I ti" on dramatized cassette ij I alT will both be at I W&$ ft Alpine Book ; I ' i pt Dec. 23, 2-4 p.m. I wj ISlJiy to autograph Thurs. Sat. Specials i A Prices effective Dec. 17, 18, 19 f $1.00 off I I ; f Unlocking Old ( 1 f Testament RegJ895 FW8' Holy Temple '6 . I ; i j Jesus the Master IWiM Teacher I 4 3 $2.00 OFF Mortal Messiah g frtT Volumes u uv Reg 11 VV.-?t j FREE Gift Wrap; FREE j lJgIH imnrinting on leather script 1 "RadmaNrTAIpine BoolH 15 S. Main I 650 East State Rd. Pleasant Grove I American Fork Shopping wn J)penmp m. I Open WsJv BEM. FE3AK1RILDK1 "Ctf stonier Appreciation Jf Christmas Sale" TS Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Only M 111 f ' tree tr'm merCnan(1'se lLJ) O 3 Includes Wreaths V V"Tv'Vj All Parker Bros., I 1 CY7 Milton-Bradley, and V If 1 7A Whitman Golden Books, I V UOFF Coloring Books, Dot- to-Dot, etc. UndemosT Cherry Boys & Giris l Chocolates i C Now $099 7 Queen Anne JIPQ ) I 1 V Reg$3 00 1 J Just Arrived Stop Thief Game by Parker Bros. (2 Only) Featuring the electronic crime scanner Reg. $34.99 $2Q99 Burnin' Key Cars Stunt Set (12 only) New Action set with 2 stunt cars - stunt ramp -key emblem and iron-on patch Rg$999 $8.99 We have ONE Atari Video Computer System I 27 game variations JiJ Open Fri. & Mon., Tues., Wed. until 8 p.m. 1 50 S. Main -P.G.- 785-2178 1 HUTCFFs Sylvania & Whirlpool SALE 7 nwsoxLY! Here's on example of our great values: Whirlpool's Model SHF 7804 w.. . D . Top of the line Whirlpool's Best portable dishwasher M,crowave 0N sale Reg. $509.95 SALE Reg. $669.95 SCOft nc Save $80.00 $429 95 Save$130-00 "."0 Sylvania Tp"7 25" Remote Control I Ji 'i f Color Console I lH J Cable-Ready with Wood -- j Cabinet, Save $120.00 fill 4 " I I , www v See the picture that beats m" RCA, Zenith and Sony ! -New infrared remote coni rol ! Ti f g -Dark-Lite 100 black matrix 5 JbsX yJtLnHn Picturetube. O 'IS Li 2V -New Quartz-Locked tuning wthScan. I HUTCH'S I TV & APPLIANCE INC. 50 East Main - Lehi Open 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., and late for Christmas |