A treat for pedants. (2)

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Posted by Ian_2007 on Sun 3 Apr 11, 12:08 PM to Ian_2007's blog.

I wonder if any of you noticed, like me, the TV guide for tonight's "Lewis" talking about one of the "alumnae" of an Oxford college being murdered. I wonder if, like me, you instinctively harrumphed over dumbing down?

Then I realised that they were talking about an all-female college. Maybe they think there's such a word as "alumna"? Maybe there is such a word? Better check: first port of call was Google Translate ("better than it used to be") and yes indeed, there is such a word

Rare to see such pleasing attention to detail on TV these days.

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3 Apr 11, 12:45 PM
misunderstoodslave
UK(OL), 2 yrs

yes but did they do it on purpose?

3 Apr 11, 3:02 PM
Reversed
23 mths

I thought you were going to pick them up on , "... an Oxford college..." which should, of course, be, "...a University of Oxford college...".

Sorry... is that too picky...?