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

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 25, 2000, 11:05
CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>The set of books that are issued every year with administrative details >in one volume, details about available courses in another volume, and so >on ... in Australia, these books are the "University Calendar". In an >email conversation with an American some years back, I learned that this >usage of "calendar" was not familiar to her.
At my school, this is called the course catalog. But, the administrative details and the details about available courses are in one volume. I would never think of using calendar in that fashion. To me, a calendar tells days, weeks, months, years. _____________________________________________________ L A S T R E L L A G R A N D Lem alo smu tue rnm edo lon lnt aòa nuñ òog ua as!