Am I alumni?
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Am I alumni?
Anyone have any ideas about why I get all of the BYU Alumni emails? I am still a ways away from graduating.
Unless I graduated in my sleep. In which case I wish someone would let me know.
Unless I graduated in my sleep. In which case I wish someone would let me know.
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Did you make a donation to the university? (I believe donors get the alumni magazine, so maybe they get the alumni emails, as well?)
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I've always imagined you to be a philanthropic sleeper. Suspicions confirmed.
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Well, at least it's better than being a lycanthropic sleeper! ;D
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You'll never be an alumni. You'll be an alumnus.
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Hmm. Learning new things every day!
*Edit: According to my dictionary, Alumni is plural, but ironically, Alumnus is only for males, with Alumna being for females. Interesting.
*Edit: According to my dictionary, Alumni is plural, but ironically, Alumnus is only for males, with Alumna being for females. Interesting.
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And alumnae is the feminine plural form.Fredjikrang wrote:Hmm. Learning new things every day!
*Edit: According to my dictionary, Alumni is plural, but ironically, Alumnus is only for males, with Alumna being for females. Interesting.
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And it's not really ironic, it's just noun gender.
/being obnoxious.
/being obnoxious.
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Maybe, but it bucks common the English convention of plural words by using an "s" ending for the singular, and no "s" for the plural, thereby making "irony" an excellent word to use. ;D
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Irony: A condition of affairs or events of a character opposite to what was, or might naturally be, expected.Marduk wrote:not ironic, just unconventional.
/being obnoxious with Mico.
If Fred came across the two words, and expected the one ending in -s to indicate the plural, I'd say that requirements for irony were met. (That said, I'll admit that I didn't know what he was talking about when he said he found the word "alumnus" ironic.)
/being obnoxious to the obnoxii
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Exactly. Though, yes, my original sentence was not particularly clear there. I would like to say that I did it all just to spark and interesting side conversation about the proper use of the word "ironic," but I would be lying. I really just kind of got caught in-between thoughts mid sentence.
*takes a deep sniff* Yup, smells like academics! ;D
*takes a deep sniff* Yup, smells like academics! ;D
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IT'S LIKE RAAAAAAAY-EEEEEEE-AAAAAAAAAAAAIN ON YOUR WEDDING DAY!!!
/isn't it ironic? don't you think?
/isn't it ironic? don't you think?
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Now you've got me thinking about diphthongs.Imogen wrote:IT'S LIKE RAAAAAAAY-EEEEEEE-AAAAAAAAAAAAIN
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I just want to say that this thread highly entertained me. I was actually giggling.
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We live to serve, madam.Dragon Lady wrote:I just want to say that this thread highly entertained me. I was actually giggling.
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wouldn't the way the word "rain" is sung in that song make it more like a tetrathong? Or quadrothong?
(Also, those words look surprisingly disturbing out of context)
(Also, those words look surprisingly disturbing out of context)
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Yeah, probably.Wisteria wrote:wouldn't the way the word "rain" is sung in that song make it more like a tetrathong? Or quadrothong?
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There was a time when I was proudly a multi-thong, then I moved to Utah and became a much less-exciting multi-flip-flop.Wisteria wrote:wouldn't the way the word "rain" is sung in that song make it more like a tetrathong? Or quadrothong?
(Also, those words look surprisingly disturbing out of context)
To speak greek geek, I think there's a missing ph in there. A quadrathong and a quadraphthong may be a teensy bit different.
He who knows others is clever;
He who knows himself has discernment.
He who overcomes others has force;
He who overcomes himself is strong. 33:1-4
He who knows himself has discernment.
He who overcomes others has force;
He who overcomes himself is strong. 33:1-4