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

[victor steinbok]

When it comes to "alumni", sometimes it's used to avoid "sexist"
distinctions. Sort of an equivalent of a generic "they".

VS-)

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 4:42 AM, Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak at gmail.com> wrote:

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> It is hard to single one out. And then it just reproduces.
>
> Eric
>
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com
> >wrote:
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> > 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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