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Re: Alumni
Don the Monkeyman, on host 209.91.94.242
Friday, February 23, 2001, at 07:30:23
Re: Alumni posted by Sakura on Friday, February 23, 2001, at 07:00:24:
> > Don "Proud U of C Engineering Alumni" Monkey
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> Gah. Gah gah gah. If you're talking abut just yourself (which you appear to be), it's "alumnus". Singular. (For a female, by the way, it's "alumna".) I had this pounded into my head in Latin class. I'm sorry to point this out, but...
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> Saku[picker of totally unrelated nits]ra
Oops. I DO know that, but I so rarely get to use the term in its singular form that I forgot. Sorry.
Don "sheepish grin" Monkey
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