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Re: [APO-L] alumnus or alumnus for women?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Ryan Gallagher)
Tue May 27 19:45:43 2003
Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 19:45:43 -0400
Reply-To: Michael Ryan Gallagher <famtree@UDel.Edu>
From: Michael Ryan Gallagher <famtree@UDel.Edu>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
I LOVE definition number 2, last word...didn't know about that second
definition...how is it used? Yeah, right,...I worked at Kmart last
summer...am I a Kmart alumnus? Contributor only in the monetary sense?
Michael Gallagher
----- Original Message -----
From: "Packy Anderson" <packy@dardan.com>
To: <APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [APO-L] alumnus or alumnus for women?
> On Tue, 27 May 2003, Mark Stratton wrote:
> > I'll tell you my thoughts, but I'm sure I'm wrong. :)
> >
> > Alumnus = male (singular)
> > Alumna = female (singluar)
> > Alumni = male (plural) or a group containing both women and men (plural)
> > Alumnae = female (plural)
>
> You're not. According to Werriam-Webster:
>
> --
>
> Main Entry: alumnus
> Pronunciation: &-'l&m-n&s
> Function: noun
> Inflected Form(s): plural alumni /-"nI/
> Etymology: Latin, foster son, pupil, from 'alere' to nourish -- more at
OLD
> Date: 1645
> 1 : one who has attended or has graduated from a particular school,
college,
> or university
> 2 : one who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate
>
> --
>
> Main Entry: alumna
> Pronunciation: &-'l&m-n&
> Function: noun
> Inflected Form(s): plural alumnae /-(")nE also -"nI/
> Etymology: Latin, feminine of alumnus
> Date: 1879
> 1 : a girl or woman who has attended or has graduated from a particular
> school, college, or university
> 2 : a girl or woman who is a former member, employee, contributor, or
inmate
>
> --
> Packy Anderson
packy@dardan.com
>
> "When I check into my hotel in Buffalo, I slip the guy
> twenty bucks and say, 'Give me a room WITHOUT a view.'"
>
