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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Superceded.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
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- 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