GR translation: English Pavlovian jokes

[David Morris]

cor·tex
/ˈkôrˌteks/
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*noun*
ANATOMY

   1. the outer layer of the cerebrum (the *cerebral cortex*), composed of
   folded gray matter and playing an important role in consciousness.


On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 6:04 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> V168.16-19, P171.6-9   He begins making jokes, English Pavlovian jokes,
> nearly all of which depend on one unhappy accident: the Latin cortex
> translates into English as “bark,” not to mention the well-known and
> humorous relation between dogs and trees
>
> Here, does the word "English" refer to English humor or the English
> language?
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