"basket weaving" revisited

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Thu May 24 16:34:43 UTC 2007


On May 24, 2007, at 9:10 AM, Jon Lighter wrote:

> I wionder which college started giving credit for "basket-weaving."
>
>   If the media were anything then like they are now, there was one.
>
>   Just one.

well, no more than one.  such stories often spring from parodies.

arnold

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