Re: Sprog

Steve Hayes formulated the question :

On Sun, 8 Sep 2024 21:59:38 +1000, Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org>
wrote:
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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.

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That too.
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The culture was such that the second-year students felt themselves to be
very mature, and superior to the raw beginners.

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Which is presumably why in the US they are called wise morons.

Hmmm.  Hadn't heard that before, but I haven't been on campus of a 4-year college or university for a while. Community and junior colleges don't seem to use "freshman" or "sophmore" at all.
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