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f .V Cockstoi By ANGIE CAMPBELL ; Staff Writer Pull out that sunblock, and pack those coolers. Cockstock '94 is Saturday, promising some much-needed r _ 1 _ /* -1 f ? 1 run Dciore rne siressrui onsiaugtit ot exams. V Co-sponsored by CPU and Common Ground, Cockstock is an annual outdoor celebration featuring live entertainment. Perhaps the biggest attraction of all will be the music. The first band will be the Soul Mites, a hard rock band formed by USC students. Then regional touring act Liquid Pleasure will perform a variety of non-original music. Following will be Lay Quiet Awhile, a local psychedelic band which just signed to a national label. The final show features Uncle Mingo, whose f style is "urban funk with a deep-fried soul," said Cliff Hall, CPU's chairman gg RUn % so w in Bii indivi< D 1 . x3irk Hov whs I CAROLINA PROGRAM UNION ck return select. And as an extra incentive, Common Ground is sponsoring an Earth Day Bazaar from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today on the Russell House Patio. "We're having the bazaar (today) with interest and community booths, food from Marriott and three local bands," said Zac Moore, vice president of Common Ground and an international studies/economics senior. Hence, this year's Cockstock will al so t>e an Earth Day celebration. "It just happened that the time we planned it was around then," Hall said. "It was Common Ground's idea. They came to us and said, 'Why don't we get together with this?' Of course, co-programming is always good. There are more people involved, more manpower for publicity and more money to play with." There will be more than 20 interest and community booths at Cockstock, 1 T lastes vary I among thos appreciate c e stock many styl rkenstocks, shoes dualized fit and h< :enstc ^ever, if we don't it you want, we'll it from the conn Birkenstock coll In Men's ar I Women s *a^ftlwtf^^ Men's and worn ,c tn TTCr LCJ IU UJ\J such as Pangaea Earth Store, SAGE Amnesty International, NAACP am Carolina Cares, Moore said. "This is the third year for Cockstocl and the first year Common Grourn has been an organization," he said "We're an association of organiza tions, and we've been planning thi, Earth Day celebration since January. And, except for one detail, th< event is sure to be oositivelv oonular * / r r "We will allow people to bring cool ers, but since this is a university ac tivity, no alcohol will be allowed,' Hall said. Cockstock will be held Saturda] starting at 12:30 p.m. on P.E. Field I behind the Blossom Street garage. Ad mission is free. "I hope lots of people turn out,' Moore said. "It'll be a rockin' gooc time." widely e who comfort, es and colors renowned for ^althy support. >ck have exactly gladly order LJJ1CIC ection. id Shoes. en's "Arizona", 84.00. A word at The great Oscar Wilde once said. "The English have really everything in common with the Americans except, of course, the language." I have to agree, as when I first lefi the green English pastures and arrived in America to pursue a degree I was overwhelmed by the difficul ties that I experienced in communicating. I had heard of students from nonEnglish speaking countries going through the American education system, and I wondered how on earth they could contemplate studying for four years in a foreign language, but this, of course, was not going to be a problem for me. Or so I thought. English professors put red marks all over the papers for incorrect spelling and incorrect grammar, and my commonly used "acceptable" phrases often got labeled as awkward word usage. Mv rpartinn- "WHAT?" I hiivp oI. ways excelled in English, and what I was writing was correct. But I was ' wrong. Somewhere on its trip across the Atlantic Ocean, a few ' changes had been made to the English language. I changed to what I !, will call "Amerish" i After an adaptation process, it would be fair to say that this sopIt posedly nonexistent language barj rier did not affect me too much academically; however, the same is not true socially. I encounter misunderstanding after misunderstanding and. even now after three vears in America adapting, misunderstands ings are not rare. My strong British accent and the different pronunciations definitely play a part, but it is much more than ? that because even after I've repeated myself enough times so that my M lil i r 1 iWO i I n End Of The 1 Laugh with us ai at 7: SCOR- G ^2 J) (|P Program paid fot f*>?twuwoamiwicw disabilities please con \ I ORDER Y( Monday, Tuesdc April 25, 10:0 USC Bookstor No Depo >out America Helen Crook ; Staff Writer i actual words are understood, my i tent or meaning often is not. Tf may be because there are sevet frequently used words in Brita that must have fallen off the ship, they just do not exist in Amerish, it may be because of the manner which I speak. Sarcasm seems to be much mo common in the United Kingdo than it is here. I find people very u aware or unalert of it, and usual when Americans use it, its applic tion is more obvious. My tenden to use sarcasm, which is possibly e treme, has caused me much emb; rassment as often people actual think that I have the opposite vie1 point to the one I have. I recall; occasion where one girl left me di gusted as she thought that I b lieved that infanticide was the be form of abortion. Speaking of embarrassment, tl biggest cause of this is the differei meanings which exist for the san word in Enelish and Amerish F< u ~ example, a "fag" in England is a ci arette, and I'm sure you can s? how an Englishman in Ameri< could find himself in trouble wil that word usage. I know a giri who asked her ma study partner for an eraser only si used the English word, which (ear Rat Race C Tuesday Night Live 30 pm in the Golden jest Comedo in part by student activity fees. People n< tact the Carolina Program Union at least 4 DUR COLLEGE f iv and Wednesday 26 and 27 D - 3:00 H e -Russell House Iff HE sit Required in language "rubber." I bet he thought his luck was in. And then there was the time when I asked my teammate if she had been "knocked up" (translation: warmed up) before her tennis match; she denied it firmly. n 11 ri n n i ciimmor ? r> Amooaoo I lyuilll^ A ?7U1UI11VI III nillVLIWA, A was asked if I wanted to "shag." I said "NO!" because sex with a stranger just isn't my style. There is one word that consistently causes confusion and unforiis tunately is one that I am in the habit I of using a lot. The word is "knackin ered" and it means extremely ex25 hausted; however, every time I use or it, people take into account my in British pronunciation and assume 1 am saying "naked." Obviously this re - causes more embarrassment when m I am on the phone or in a different n" room. There are thousands of other a" words which have completely different meanings, and there are objects that have completely different l_ - _ -t_ jy names, sucn as cnips are crisps in jy. Britain and fries are chips. But there in is nothing that can be done about is- it. I suppose it's our ancestors' fault, e- and maybe it is better this way, as I st have had a lot of fun with my British-English language in America. ie So please take it into account nt these linguistic differences the next 1C time you are talking to someone 3r from Great Britain. Beware of the p dreaded sarcasm and remember ' that your intent and their intent may be misunderstood, so be ready toexplain yourself, and here's anothle er tip: if you are asked where the ie "loo" is, point them into the generis al direction of the bathroom. / . * 1 J ?i r Jot You Down? , Tuesday April 26 Spur!! MO BLL f(2V seding special assistance for '8 hours prior the event. ^r^^EtEPSi l\NG RFF JONES