[Ads-l] "Dead-tree"

[Parish, James]

This may have been discussed on-list before; if so, my apologies.

On Wednesday, I posted a take-home midterm for one of my classes, and 
informed the students that I would accept "either electronic or 
dead-tree" versions of their work. They found "dead-tree" vastly 
amusing, and my attempt to justify my use of the words even more so. 
(The phrase "perfectly standard... slang" played a role.)

In some of the circles I move in, "dead-tree" is the usual adjective 
used to describe non-electronic texts. I don't know, however, how 
widespread the use is. What say you?

Jim Parish


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