Elephants and Our English Language

Friday, June 6th, 2008 at 11:28 AM | Category: Language, Leftovers, Meryl's Notes Blog No comments

My mom sent me this joke (have yet to see proof this is a true story) and it’s making its way around inboxes everywhere. Regardless, it makes me laugh.

Some five-year old students are learning to read.

Yesterday one of them pointed at a picture in a zoo book and said, “Look at this! It’s a frickin’ elephant!”

The teacher took a deep breath, then asked, “What did you call it?”

“It’s a frickin’ elephant! It says so on the picture!”

And so it does…

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