"School is _through_"

[Jonathan Lighter]

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JL


On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 1:19 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > I recall "school's through".  And also Jon's "school's over".  Both
> > definitely with reference to the summer vacation, and not other
> > outages.  Such as "school's out" (at 4 PM; for the day, etc.).
> >
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> "School's Out", also known as "School's Out for Summer," is a 1972,
> title-track single released on Alice Cooper's fifth album. And there's also
> "School Is Out." by Gary U.S. Bonds, from 1963.
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> "Both definitely with reference to the summer vacation...," to quote an
> eminent authority.
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> Does
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> "School is done" or "School's done"
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> work for anyone?
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