Comments:
Elizabeth from www - 2003-09-12 11:44:06
Re: your freshmen/women/people conundrum. Men is used (firemen, policemen, mailmen, etc) because it's the standard. Derived from Mankind. Which includes women. Do you also object to the word woman? After all, it has "man" in it.
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Clara from www - 2003-10-27 08:13:43
At my college (which is a woman's college) we call people by year--first year, second year, third year, fourth year.
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