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Its the important key points of lecture slides of Humor Across the Disciplines are:English As a Global Language, International Road Signs, People in the World, Billion People, Scientific Journals, Newspapers, Information in Computers, International Air Pilots, International Sea Captains, European Business Deals
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Atomic Holocaust
Chain Reaction (cf. Vonnegut’s “Ice Nine”)
Fallout
Fireball
Fission
Fusion
Mushroom Cloud Test Site (NOTE: The possibility of nuclear proliferation was one of the causes of Postmodernism & Deconstructionism)
Korean:
Brainwashing
Chopper (Helicopter)
Vietnam: Defoliate Domino Theory Escalation Firefight Friendly Fire Hawks & Doves
Vietnam: Moratorium Napalm Pacification Search and Destroy The Silent Majority (ct. the Vocal Minority)
Valley-Girl/Surfer-Dude: Bitchin Dude For sure Goady Rad To the max Totally Tubular
Gay Speech: Gay Out of the closet Queer Queen
Women’s Speech: Ms. Letter carrier JOKE: Mannheim Germany Personheim Gerpersony
Silicon Valley Words (California) (McCrum 30)
Artificial Intelligence
CD (Compact Disk)
DVD (Digital Video Disk)
Data Processing
Disk(ette)
Flash Drive
Hacker
Input
Interface Jump Drive Modem On-Line ROM (Read-Only Memory) Software, Hardware, Wetware Word Processor
Disadvantages of English as a Global Language
(/s/ /š/ /z/ /ž/)
- (McCrum 42)