Seen of Facebook: "Proud to be an _alumni_ [of UC Davis]!" [NT]

[Dan Goncharoff]

Alumnum applies only when he or she has been spayed.
DanG


On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:20 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> So you're saying it could be dumber than we thought.
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> I'd choose "alumnum."
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> JL
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> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 5:44 AM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com
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> > When it comes to "alumni", sometimes it's used to avoid "sexist"
> > distinctions. Sort of an equivalent of a generic "they".
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> > VS-)
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> > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 4:42 AM, Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak at gmail.com>
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> > > It is hard to single one out. And then it just reproduces.
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> > > Eric
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> > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Benjamin Barrett <
> gogaku at ix.netcom.com
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> > > > It is amazingly difficult (for me, anyway) to talk about a bacterium.
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> > > > Benjamin Barrett
> > > > Seattle, WA
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> > > > On Sep 14, 2011, at 9:47 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> > > > > :-(
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