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Old 03-31-2011, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by MikeEllis View Post
I do. And I can pronounce them in Greek even.
Cool. What are the Greek words for alumnus, alumna, alumnae and alumni? Are they close to the Latin words that have come into English, or are they considerably different? (I'm aware that Latin and Greek are related Indo-European languages, and English is related to them, too. But they can and do differ widely at many points.)

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