Campi

[Jonathan Lighter]

CNN today: "Not AOL headquarters but one of the campuses of AOL."

JL

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 5/3/2012 07:53 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >BTW, I hear "campus" used more and more (and more) as the preferred term
> >for areal "grounds" of any kind, particularly those related to prisons,
> >hospitals, and office buildings. Not in OED.
> >
> >There was a time when it sounded odd to me even when applied to
> high-school
> >grounds. It got odder when it hit the elementary schools.
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> My elementary school campus was more like a (prison-)yard.  (My high
> school, on the other hand, had a campus that included a -- if you'll
> permit me -- quadrangle bordered on three sides by school buildings.
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> Joel
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