Crazy Bone

[Beverly Flanigan]

Ditto for Minnesota.  But in southern Ohio I only hear "funny bone" for
both elbow and amusing stuff.

At 09:53 AM 11/26/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Same here, growing up in Portland, OR. I can't recall anyone using "funny
>bone" for the elbow.
>
>Allen
>maberry at u.washington.edu
>
>On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, sagehen wrote:
>
> > >Groing up in the west (N. Cal) the elbow was always a "crazy bone".  The
> > >"funny bone" was what got tickled when you heard something amusing and
> > >laughed, eg:  "Bob and Ray really tickle my funnybone!"
> > >
> > >Ray Ott
> > ----------
> > Same here, growing up in Nebraska in the thirties & forties. ( Had to wait
> > a couple of decades for the effect of Bob & Ray!)
> > A. Murie
> >
> > A&M Murie
> > N. Bangor NY
> > sagehen at slic.com
> >


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