This second in the series of designs for a new Lincoln penny snuck by the censors in the Department of Education, the National Education Association, and the various teachers’ unions in the 50 states. Or maybe none of those people even saw it for themselves.The heretical design depicts the future President of the United States studying by himself. He actually got his early education on his own! Later on he studied law at a real accredited university, but his fundamentals were acquired by himself! Shudder! He was the last self-taught person to make President, and good riddance!
I’m sure all the aforementioned educator types will make an effort to remove every last one of these coins from circulation lest people get wrong ideas about learning.
4 comments:
I checked my Aussie Slang book Susan, (I know it's terribly out of date) and it's not there. Gobsmacked sounds as if it would hurt!
Utterly astonished; astounded.
That's what my Mac dictionary program comes up with. It's principally British.
Utterly astonished; astounded.
That's what my Mac dictionary program comes up with. It's principally British.
He he! Unca Tom is correct. And it didn't hurt at all, Aunt Pat. Really.
Here's a link to a 2009 Aussie Slang Dictionary for you:
http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html
Yes, it does contain the word 'gobsmacked'.
I'm surprised you don't use it in the US since we did have common English origins.....
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