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   From: peter@pmoylan.org   
      
   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.   
      
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   Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org   
   Newcastle, NSW   
      
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