Re: CHAT: Education words in various English dialects // was "Mister"

Aydrian Morgan wabbe:
> Andrew Chaney wrote, quoting myself:
[...]
> > Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior
>
> Interestingly, at Adelaide University they do use the term 'freshie'
for
> first year students, whereas at Flinders we do not. The other three
terms
> are unknown in Australia.
In Colombia a first semester student is called _primíparo_, I guess
the word was derived from _primípara_ as used for a woman having her
first baby.  _secundíparo_ is also common for second semester, so
_primíparos_ and _secundíparos_ are freshmen.

Then there is the word _primiparada_ which means anything that happens
to you when you are a freshman (at any year), either a jest or a
mistake.  It is not uncommon to commit _primiparadas_ when you are
Senior... well we don't use this last word.

-- Carlos Th