Tenny runners...

[Charles Doyle]

When I was in (about) the fifth grade, the spelling textbook gave the word "rubbers," with the illustrative sentence (something like) "John lent Bill his rubbers."  Many yucks from the pubescent philologues--though we did divine that the reference was to what are properly (in East Texas) called "overshoes."

--Charlie
_________________________________________


---- Original message ----

>Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:35:49 -0700
>From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
>Subject: Re: Tenny runners...
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>
>
>  BTW, the "rubber sole" superstition also applied to wearing rubbers all day, as some kids like me tried to do in class on rainy days
>
>  Still Freudian. "Rubbers." Get it ? Get it ?  Feet, genitalia, too primitive !
>
>  JL
>

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org