Re: Language-based humor

Gerry Busch <gerrybusch@xxxxxxxx> writes:

>For that reason, the generic term "chalkboard" is often used, instead
>of "blackboard". BTW, I haven't seen an actual blackboard for years --
>most of the boards are green nowadays.

I've taught on black blackboards for decades at U Michigan, a really
traditional kinda place.

>PS: If two trains collide at the U.S. - Canadian border, where do they
> bury the survivors?

C'mon, gimme a break. They don't bury survivors.

-John Lawler http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler U Michigan Linguistics Dept
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we are tempted to describe the use of important 'odd-job' words as
though they were words with regular functions." -Ludwig Wittgenstein
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