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

Nik Taylor wrote, quoting myself:

> > "Third year student" = "student doing third year subjects", not "student
> > in third year of attendence".
>
> Exact opposite here.  One may be, for instance, a first-year student,
> but be a sophomore, because of advanced placement and the like in high
> school.  They'd probably be referred to as a first-year sophomore.
I'm a third year student in my fifth year of attendance :-)

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