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   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Steve Hayes formulated the question :   
   > On Sun, 8 Sep 2024 21:59:38 +1000, Peter Moylan    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > That too.   
   >   
   >> The culture was such that the second-year students felt themselves to be   
   >> very mature, and superior to the raw beginners.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   /dps   
      
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