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  1. Xref: sparky soc.women:19644 alt.politics.correct:5848
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  3. Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!leland.Stanford.EDU!farthing
  4. From: farthing@leland.Stanford.EDU (ljf)
  5. Subject: Re: Sexist or Non-Sexist?
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov16.001707.11678@leland.Stanford.EDU>
  7. Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
  8. Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
  9. References: <Bxon9s.2q4@news.udel.edu> <1992Nov14.170113.26096@midway.uchicago.edu>
  10. Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 00:17:07 GMT
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  13. In article <1992Nov14.170113.26096@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
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  15. >Then why are you worried when first-year students are called first-year
  16. >students?
  17.  
  18. First-year undergrads have been called frosh here at Stanford for
  19. years.  I don't think any of them dislike it.
  20.  
  21. When I hear first-year, I think of first-year grad students, who _are_
  22. often called the first-years in many departments.
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