Post ASdgjODZtkZ46fzOsa by aramsinn@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #ASdgVMxDng8W8IeZEm by tante@tldr.nettime.org
       2023-02-13T14:11:25Z
       
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       I think "sophomore" is the one English term I'll never get used to. Dunno why but I can never remember what it's supposed to mean.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdgZSwzRqsDt8Uy8m by aramsinn@mastodon.social
       2023-02-13T14:12:11Z
       
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       @tante can't tell whether you're trolling
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdgenLB48IkZiLwem by tante@tldr.nettime.org
       2023-02-13T14:13:12Z
       
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       @aramsinn not at all. I just looked up what it means and I am already not sue anymore.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdgh56C0mgmEMQz0y by tenkoman@sueden.social
       2023-02-13T14:13:29Z
       
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       @tante iirc - it is the term for students which are neither in their first year (freshmen) nor their last year (seniors) of high school.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdgjODZtkZ46fzOsa by aramsinn@mastodon.social
       2023-02-13T14:13:58Z
       
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       @tante from the Greek, "wise fool." Used to describe second-year high school or university students. Also used to describe concepts that sound profound but are in actuality very shallow.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdgsqnJ1PKnLBDCvQ by s_bergmann@chaos.social
       2023-02-13T14:15:41Z
       
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       Freshman -> Sophomore -> Senior. First year, second year, last year. Never found out if there are curriculums that take longer than three years.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdhC6uhJahWprqyDQ by Bitnik@musician.social
       2023-02-13T14:19:14Z
       
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       @tante the term "sophomore" is hardly used at all outside North America. Sophomoric is in my vocabulary, but only as a synonym for jejune or pretentious. If I use it in British English I'm taking a chance that my audience will not understand me.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdhM7jV7hjSGyOITo by alan@kolektiva.social
       2023-02-13T14:21:01Z
       
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       @tante just try to remember it as the academic equivalent of "halbstark".
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdhPJYhbyk5oorT8a by angelaclinkscales@social.tchncs.de
       2023-02-13T14:21:25Z
       
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       @tante do you have an ‚o‘ too many in there or have I spelled that word wrong all my life?
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdi6Jo8YtBB2iaRKS by cybeardjm@masto.ai
       2023-02-13T14:29:21Z
       
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       @tante Just like people in French using "pénultième" (penultimate) without knowing what it means (it's not "last", it's the one before last)
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdl9KmDiNs2mOosqW by StephanSchulz@fosstodon.org
       2023-02-13T15:03:31Z
       
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       @tante Sophomores are "wise morons". Or second-year students in an academic system with a typically much more rigid structure than in German universities.