Halls of ivy

Bob Haas highbob at MINDSPRING.COM
Sun Mar 12 18:37:22 UTC 2000


I've usually heard "ivy covered halls."  They're located right next to the
"ivory tower."

> From: "James E. Clapp" <jeclapp at WANS.NET>
> Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 13:16:54 -0500
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Halls of ivy
>
> Anyway, isn't "ivied halls" used as a synonym for "halls of ivy"?  Probably
> has something to do with inserting intravenous tubing...



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