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From: jerry.friedman99@gmail.com (jerryfriedman)
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Subject: Re: Sprog
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Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 02:34:46 +0000
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On Mon, 9 Sep 2024 0:27:18 +0000, Snidely wrote:

> Steve Hayes formulated the question :
>> On Sun, 8 Sep 2024 21:59:38 +1000, Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org>
>> wrote:
...

>>> The culture was such that the second-year students felt themselves to be
>>> very mature, and superior to the raw beginners.
>>
>> Which is presumably why in the US they are called wise morons.
>
> Hmmm.  Hadn't heard that before,

It's the origin of "sopho more".

> but I haven't been on campus of a
> 4-year college or university for a while. Community and junior colleges
> don't seem to use "freshman" or "sophmore" at all.

Where I teach, students are identified as one or the other
on our rosters, but I haven't figured out whether it means
anything that I might need to know.  We don't have a lot
of students who graduate in two years.

--
Jerry Friedman