Sujet : Re: Sprog
De : peter (at) *nospam* pmoylan.org (Peter Moylan)
Groupes : sci.lang alt.usage.englishDate : 08. Sep 2024, 12:59:38
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On 08/09/24 13:44, Steve Hayes wrote:
At the University of Natal in the 1960s new mail students were called
sprogs, and new female students were called sprigs.
In my student days (Melbourne University, Victoria) the first-year
students were freshers and freshettes. The plural for both sexes was frosh.
The culture was such that the second-year students felt themselves to be
very mature, and superior to the raw beginners.
-- Peter Moylan peter@pmoylan.org http://www.pmoylan.orgNewcastle, NSW
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