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   From: rundtosset@lundhansen.dk   
      
   Peter Moylan wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   I think that that is the same in many countries and cultures. The   
   difference is what they do to the newcommers.   
      
   --   
   Bertel   
   Kolt, Denmark   
      
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