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List:       debian-user
Subject:    OT: English (was: Re: rsync)
From:       Randy Kramer <rhkramer () gmail ! com>
Date:       2012-03-05 14:33:26
Message-ID: 201203050933.27014.rhkramer () gmail ! com
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On Sunday 04 March 2012 07:11:17 pm Lisi wrote:
> When I started at Cambridge in 1961 we had a freshers' fair to introduce us
> to the available societies.  I have just Googled to see whether new
> students still do, and they do.
>
> So perhaps the term is being imported from England rather than America. ;-)

I would second that--as an American, I've always used "Freshman" as opposed 
to "fresher".  Maybe fresher is starting to be used in America, but I haven't 
noticed it (but I'm not on college campuses very often any more).

Randy Kramer




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