[23757] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] alumnus or alumnus for women?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peri Nelson)
Tue May 27 11:58:54 2003
Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 11:58:51 -0400
Reply-To: Peri Nelson <pmnelson@buffalo.edu>
From: Peri Nelson <pmnelson@buffalo.edu>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <Pine.PMDF.3.95.1030527091959.59557D-100000@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
Well, the correct Latin ending (with 1st declension nouns) would be
alumna.
- peri
r2 webmistress/s89 communications coordinator
On Tue, 27 May 2003, Randy Finder wrote:
> Is a female brother who has graduated refered to as an alumnus of Alpha
> Phi Omega or an alumna or Alpha Phi Omega? Opinions?
>
> (I always used alumnus to refer to both genders, but I'm talking to a
> board member who uses alumna for women).
>
> YiLFS
> Randy
>
>
