Re: CHAT: Education words in various English dialects // was"Mister"
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 25, 2000, 0:19 |
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Adrian Morgan wrote:
> "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.
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