[HPforGrownups] Re: British question

[Alix Petty]

No: HPFGUIDX 547


----- Original Message -----
From: Firebolt <particle at urbanet.ch>
To: <HPforGrownups at egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: British question


>
> <However, to ramble on,
> if you were talking about ex-students of Hogwarts, I reckon alumni would
be
> fine - it sounds exactly right, very Dumbledore, and with all the Latin
> etymology and names floating around the school anyway, alumni should fit
> right in...just remember it's men who are alumni and (pl.) alumnus, and if
> you're tallking specifically about women it's alumna and (pl.) alumnae.>
>
> Er, you mized up the singular and the plural for men. One alumnus, two
alumni.

Dang, noticed this after I sent it - hoped everyone would either know or
realise from the rest of the usage in my post which was the right way round.

My bad!

Alix