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Re: Proper Words
Posted by Jerry Eckert, Engineer on team #140 from Tyngsboro, MA High School and New England Prototype/Brooks Automation.

Posted on 3/16/99 10:51 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: Proper Words posted by Susanne Krussell on 3/16/99 6:51 PM MST:



: Okay People,
: Amumni is male in gender, Latin, meaning "brought up in the camp", and "the young of the flock".
: Alumna is female in gender. Usually ignored. So, if you're going to be bugged by it, how about
: a non-gender newish word.....alum (singular) or alums (plural), eh?
: Susanne Krussell #163 The Quantum Mechanics

How about using the neuter gender (alumnum (sing)/alumna (pl))?



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