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Whatever happened to chalkboards? July 26, 2013 7:52 am ER

Now, they are all called “whiteboards”, instead of “blackboards”.

Maybe the word got banished to the same place “glove compartment” got exiled to when “glove boxes” replaced them.

  • Superceded. Obselete. by bowser 2013-07-27 01:23:52
    • They're called whiteboards instead of blackboards because that's what they are now. by TB 2013-07-26 08:06:13
      • When I survived the disbandment of a data center... by alcaray 2013-07-26 11:54:12
        • Yeah, the one upside of a company failure: the leftovers. by TB 2013-07-26 20:46:08
        • Wow. by ER 2013-07-26 10:18:28
          • Fingernails on a whiteboard just isn't the same. by RobVG 2013-07-26 19:30:54
            • WHY DID YOU SAY THAT? by ER 2013-07-26 19:51:49

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