In bad sense: Audacious, presumptuous, too forward; the opposite of ‘modest’.
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Speaker: The principal called me- called me over to the school. Interviewer: And you wondered "Why now, what the heck is he going to be talking to me about?" Speaker: Well I figured it was one of the girls. Interviewer: (laughs) Speaker: Were- were- were in trouble, so, I wasn't- I- I was- I was worried and I couldn't figure out which one it would be that would sauce the teacher back, or be bold or (laughs). |
In bad sense: Audacious, presumptuous, too forward; the opposite of ‘modest’. |
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Well there was, you-know, speaking of the strap, I-mean you've heard some stories too where ah ah there- there was the bold kids, and they would get strapped for whatever they they were mischiefing, right? But ah, I know in our culture, the Kashubs ended up getting strapped for speaking Kashubian, right? And that wasn't pretty. |
In bad sense: Audacious, presumptuous, too forward; the opposite of ‘modest’. |
Speaker: For me, I ended up getting the strap because I was bold. (laughs) Interviewer: Yeah? What did you do? Speaker: Well there's just y-- I-don't-know just clowned around, and there was one time I ah ended up ah not listening to the teacher and I- and I kicked my briefcase, I was ah just- and he says, "Now, get your hand out", you-know and just and you, you-know, borderline stuff. |
In bad sense: Audacious, presumptuous, too forward; the opposite of ‘modest’. |
He was a maintenance guy. ... So it- it's the preser-- the perspective of the students, and- and someone that works there could probably seen a lot of things. ... He could see how bold the kids really were. |
In bad sense: Audacious, presumptuous, too forward; the opposite of ‘modest’. |
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And now, in Grade-Two, I- I-guess I got- but I didn't, I was- didn't ah, I was bold, or-something. Anyway, I got the- y-- at that time, they had- all the nuns had straps on their hand. And there was one nun that they took the strap away from. But I got slapped for something. ... Anyway I went home and told my mother. Well, that didn't- that didn't- go very well! 'Cause I got punished at home! |
In bad sense: Audacious, presumptuous, too forward; the opposite of ‘modest’. |
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So then I showed him the note and he knew he was in trouble and ah, yeah, so the skipping school business got to be um, a habit there for a while and ah but later he outgrew it, it was just- for a- for a little while, and I guess that was ... some of his friends, I-guess, they just wanted to get together and do something bold, I guess, or-something. |
In bad sense: Audacious, presumptuous, too forward; the opposite of ‘modest’. |
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We would have to walk, we had- we had to go to church, eh? ... Tired, walking, no shoes, hot. ... You-know? We were not, ah- we were kind of bold too. There was a hotel in Wilno. ... And, ah, (laughs) a bunch of us kids would stick our heads in there and shout inside the door and then run like crazy down the road so they wouldn't catch us. Why we ever did that I- I still don't understand it to this day, you-know? Why would we open the door and these guys were standing- or sitting in there and drinking, eh? ... I guess we wanted to see what was going on and then to- to see who else was in there. So we'd shout at them to disturb them so- (laughs) ... |
In bad sense: Audacious, presumptuous, too forward; the opposite of ‘modest’. |
