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I agree that pupils is better for the younger ones but think students is fine for sixth formers.
I went to all female grammar school and the headmistress always referred to us as children. It even annoyed my mother when just 'girls' would have been fine.

Paul

I agree with you about students. They are pupils at school, then students. I refer to my after-school dance class as pupils, even though the school uses "students". I have told the Head that I will not use the word and he seems happy enough.

Rossim

I agree "children" seems a bit daft for18 year-olds. I was surprised a few months ago to read that Liverpool had 4 children in their team against Everton.

Grunger

Yes and they would have still beaten us with 11 children in that Cup tie.

Paul

I noticed the letter you mentioned.

Malone

I liked grunger's amusing story of what might have happened and your hilarious reply. I am sure she realised that you would never be violent but the GBH/GBD association caused her imagination to run riot.

I am delighted to see that you have been upgraded from CBUAU to 5 As, but surely A* is more appropriate for you.

as an ex-teacher i can regret that not all pupils were students!

Jigjag,

Yes, Grunger's story of the 'attack' was wonderful, very amusing.

I considered adding one or two stars/* to my abbreviation, but felt there had been more than enough complaints about grade inflation. I didn't want to add to the controversy.

i may have to turn off the cricket! andrew strauss is repeatedly saying "you can't underestimate" where he means "you can't overestimate".

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I think I've just heard a golf commentator saying (of a young player) "prodigy of Jack Nicklaus". Might he have meant "protoge"? (excuse lack of accents).

From programme review in Sunday Times Culture section:

'...this is a more intimate, chattier portrait of the family than we are usually privilege to.'

Should that be 'privy'?

I agree: protege and privy.