误会
误会
话说今年神经大会在昵称风城的芝加哥开,我老人家很担心10月中该城天气状况。某次跟前老板说起来这个,知道他在芝加哥大学呆了若干年做薄厚,乃询问他芝加哥天气状况,说:风城,会不会很冷很大风?前老板笑了,说:该城被昵称风城乃是因为该城政治家好讲大话。当然北方城市么,天气也是冷的。我这才明白原来是误会了,此风非彼风。
让我想起来回北京住在良人家楼里,该楼位于人大附中的步行距离之内,上下出入楼的时候尽看见穿着人大校服的孩子了。我当时还想这楼里孩子学习都挺好啊,都上人大附!后来跟良人家里人,就是公婆叔姑,聊天,说到买房不免提到贵的几个区都是小孩儿上学的好区。还说好多人都在孩子还没影儿的时候就未雨绸缪的在人大附近买房了。家婆这时候指出看我们楼好多人都是因为孩子上学在这个楼里租房住,放着自己家里房子不住。我这才明白我又搞错了,不是这个楼的孩子都上人大附,而是人大附的孩子都住这个楼。
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让我想起来回北京住在良人家楼里,该楼位于人大附中的步行距离之内,上下出入楼的时候尽看见穿着人大校服的孩子了。我当时还想这楼里孩子学习都挺好啊,都上人大附!后来跟良人家里人,就是公婆叔姑,聊天,说到买房不免提到贵的几个区都是小孩儿上学的好区。还说好多人都在孩子还没影儿的时候就未雨绸缪的在人大附近买房了。家婆这时候指出看我们楼好多人都是因为孩子上学在这个楼里租房住,放着自己家里房子不住。我这才明白我又搞错了,不是这个楼的孩子都上人大附,而是人大附的孩子都住这个楼。
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Re: 误会
Don't we love Wikipedia?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_ ... dy_City%22
The city of Chicago has been known by many nicknames, but it is most widely recognized as the "Windy City". There are three main possibilities to explain the city's nickname: the weather, as Chicago is near Lake Michigan; the World's Fair; and the rivalry with Cincinnati. It has been suggested that politicians are largely responsible for the nickname sticking.
The earliest known reference to Chicago as the "Windy City" is from an 1858 Chicago Tribune article. The first known repeated effort to label Chicago with this nickname is from 1876 and involves Chicago's rivalry with Cincinnati. The term "Windy City" was supposedly first used by The Sun editor, Charles Dana, in the bidding for the 1893 Columbian Exposition. The popularity of the nickname has endured, long after the Cincinnati rivalry and the Columbian Exposition ended.
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