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  1. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!cornell!uw-beaver!news.u.washington.edu!carson.u.washington.edu!lukoff
  3. From: lukoff@carson.u.washington.edu (Fred Lukoff)
  4. Subject: Re: American English
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec25.031449.22998@u.washington.edu>
  6. Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System)
  7. Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
  8. References: <BzAG2r.5qL@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> <BzAGFo.5y8@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> <1992Dec16.104350.10831@vax.oxford.ac.uk>
  9. Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 03:14:49 GMT
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  12. In article <1992Dec16.104350.10831@vax.oxford.ac.uk> wilcox@vax.oxford.ac.uk writes:
  13. >In article <BzAGFo.5y8@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>, mmmirash@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mandar M. Mirashi) writes:
  14. >> Amazing how the very Americans who shouted down the program/me
  15. >> distinction, applaud the freshman/first-year distinction!
  16. >That, my dear Mandar, is because `freshman' excludes half the freshers whereas
  17. >`first-year' excludes no-one. 
  18. >-- 
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  20. >Stephen Wilcox             |   For Sale: Posts in British Government. Suit
  21. >wilcox@vax.oxford.ac.uk    |   outgoing American. Highest bids accepted.
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