Jungle gyms

[Paul Johnston]

We used both, in Monroe, NY, c. 1955.  I think monkey bars were an older term--my parents called it that,

Paul Johnston


On May 3, 2012, at 6:24 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

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> At 5/3/2012 02:42 PM, Alice Faber wrote:
>> On 5/3/12 2:40 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>>> On May 3, 2012, at 2:30 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
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>>>> You forgot monkey bars and girl scout cookies.
>>>
>>> Isn't "monkey bar" another name for what we called a jungle gym?  I
>>> think we only used the latter term.  But I suppose if some
>>> outlander called the jungle gym a monkey bar we wouldn't have
>>> looked around for someone to whip up a banana daiquiri.  And we
>>> were also pretty sure we didn't have to worry about getting cut by
>>> the sharp blades of a see-saw.  It's all context.
>>
>> Yeah, in my NY suburb, in the late 50s/earl 60s, 'jungle gym' was the
>> default term, but we knew that there were people who called them monkey
>> bars.
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> Me too, in NYC (well, almost a suburb -- the far North Bronx).
>
> Joel
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