On Sunday 04 March 2012 15:30:13 Chris Bannister wrote: > We still use the basic English words, (i.e. boot instead of trunk, Mum > instead of Mom, etc. etc. etc) although that seems to be changing as > more Americanisms creep into usage. For example, I now notice that first > year University students are now referred to as "freshers" in some > literature.
Sorry, Chris - I was reading this and I saw the wonderful irony! You say that in NZ you use the basic English words - but you refer to freshers as an American import. When I started at Cambridge in 1961 we had a freshers' fair to introduce us to the available societies. I have just Googled to see whether new students still do, and they do. So perhaps the term is being imported from England rather than America. ;-) Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201203050011.17410.lisi.re...@gmail.com
