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13 Jul 2015, 7:59 pm

Which word would you use? I'd say ones that are green rather than black are better referred to as chalkboards.



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13 Jul 2015, 9:54 pm

In school it was referred to as chalkboard so that's the term I use.


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14 Jul 2015, 12:24 am

Chalkboard. That was the term we used in school.


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14 Jul 2015, 2:46 am

Most chalkboards I saw were green. So "chalkboard". :cat:


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14 Jul 2015, 3:25 am

I only ever heard it called a blackboard at school so I call them blackboards.



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14 Jul 2015, 3:33 am

I don't think I've ever had to talk about it in English but in my first language it's called the exact translation of "blackboard". So I'd probably call it a blackboard if I ever talk about it.



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14 Jul 2015, 4:13 am

In my language both are called just a "board"("tablica").
"School board"("tablica szkolna") if someone wants to be precise.
"Board"/"school board" also works for the big white boards you use markers instead of chalk to write on.
It describes every kind of the big flat thing on wall used by teacher write on during lesson no matter what it is made from and what color it is.



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14 Jul 2015, 10:17 am

I say blackboard.

It is such a shame that the blackboard is steadily disapparing in the education system. It is being substituted by computer displays/projectors. I don't like this. Especially, subjects like mathematics, physics, and chemistry should be explained by using an old school blackboard. I love the sound, the looks, the smell; it just helps to bring you in that right state of mind.



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14 Jul 2015, 10:33 am

Muziek wrote:
I say blackboard.

It is such a shame that the blackboard is steadily disapparing in the education system. It is being substituted by computer displays/projectors. I don't like this. Especially, subjects like mathematics, physics, and chemistry should be explained by using an old school blackboard. I love the sound, the looks, the smell; it just helps to bring you in that right state of mind.

But the dust of chalk isn't too great to people with asthma and interactive whiteboards don't have that dust.



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15 Jul 2015, 2:40 am

Blackboard. Even for the green ones. It's the first word I learned for it, and it isn't racist.


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15 Jul 2015, 3:01 am

jk1 wrote:
I don't think I've ever had to talk about it in English but in my first language it's called the exact translation of "blackboard". So I'd probably call it a blackboard if I ever talk about it.


What's your first language, if I may ask?


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15 Jul 2015, 4:13 am

Blackboard, even if its green, because thats what it was called, even by teachers!

I like whiteboards with markers, its much nicer than the dusty chalk residue.



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15 Jul 2015, 4:33 am

nurseangela wrote:
jk1 wrote:
I don't think I've ever had to talk about it in English but in my first language it's called the exact translation of "blackboard". So I'd probably call it a blackboard if I ever talk about it.


What's your first language, if I may ask?

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15 Jul 2015, 9:37 am

I grew up with "blackboard." We had to pound the erasers every day.



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15 Jul 2015, 9:39 am

Yep, I grew up with everyone saying "blackboard" too, even when they started upgrading to the green ones.



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15 Jul 2015, 11:40 am

We all called it chalkboard when I was in school, they were using dry erase boards tho by the time I was finished.