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From: Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org>
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On 08/09/24 13:44, Steve Hayes wrote:

> At the University of Natal in the 1960s new mail students were called
> sprogs, and new female students were called sprigs.

In my student days (Melbourne University, Victoria) the first-year
students were freshers and freshettes. The plural for both sexes was frosh.

The culture was such that the second-year students felt themselves to be
very mature, and superior to the raw beginners.

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Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW