distinguished alum

[Barbara Need]

On 5 May 2009, at 7:46 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> And I really doubt that the average non-classicist has any concept of
> the the distinction in either meaning or pronunciation between -I and
> -AE or the meaning of the nueuter plural, -A.

Wilson,

In my experience, non-classicists consistently use [aI] for alumni and
[i] for alumnae.

Barbara

Barbara Need
Chicago

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