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

[victor steinbok]

Shall we restart the battle of data vs. media and agenda?

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VS-)

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>wrote:

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> You're fighting a losing battle. "An alumni" is very common. Ref. also "a
> bacteria." It is amazingly difficult (for me, anyway) to talk about a
> bacterium.
>
> Benjamin Barrett
> Seattle, WA
>
> On Sep 14, 2011, at 9:47 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> > :-(
> >
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