New Posts For Thread: Oxford college bans 'harmful' Christian Union from freshers' fairhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30953173/oxford-college-bans-harmful-christian-union-from-freshers-fairIt's a crazy old world we live in all right!An Oxford College has banned the Christian Union from its Freshers’ Fair due to the viewpoint it would be “alienating” students of other religions. The organiser of the fair argued that it could makeInside Trader wrote, "Must be a slow news day to drag out something like that."https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30953173/oxford-college-bans-harmful-christian-union-from-freshers-fair?post_id=552956471#552956471Inside Trader wrote, "Must be a slow news day to drag out something like that."Fri, 13 Oct 2017 03:05:19 -0500twizzle I was introduced to freshers week in 1968 at the northern poly in London,it was in use then,plenty of clubs on display,footie,cricket,folk and caelidh,etc might still have come from USA but it isnt a recent yankism.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30953173/oxford-college-bans-harmful-christian-union-from-freshers-fair?post_id=552956025#552956025twizzle I was introduced to freshers week in 1968 at the northern poly in London,it was in use then,plenty of clubs on display,footie,cricket,folk and caelidh,etc might still have come from USA but it isnt a recent yankism.Thu, 12 Oct 2017 18:18:15 -0500No problem :)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30953173/oxford-college-bans-harmful-christian-union-from-freshers-fair?post_id=552955185#552955185No problem :)Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:28:41 -0500I stand corrected..apologies.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30953173/oxford-college-bans-harmful-christian-union-from-freshers-fair?post_id=552955159#552955159I stand corrected..apologies.Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:21:17 -0500Archive footage "Fresher's week" from 1960 in the uk:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83H5qgLgS2Ahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30953173/oxford-college-bans-harmful-christian-union-from-freshers-fair?post_id=552955147#552955147Archive footage "Fresher's week" from 1960 in the uk:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83H5qgLgS2AThu, 12 Oct 2017 14:18:26 -0500Not yet but i mighthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30953173/oxford-college-bans-harmful-christian-union-from-freshers-fair?post_id=552955139#552955139Not yet but i mightThu, 12 Oct 2017 14:17:20 -0500What's your point! I never said Freshman, I said Fresher. Did you go to uni?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30953173/oxford-college-bans-harmful-christian-union-from-freshers-fair?post_id=552955123#552955123What's your point! I never said Freshman, I said Fresher. Did you go to uni?Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:14:38 -0500British English never uses the terms Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior etc (in any educational context). Use of those terms is not well understood in Britain, and most British English speakers would not understand what the term means.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30953173/oxford-college-bans-harmful-christian-union-from-freshers-fair?post_id=552955105#552955105British English never uses the terms Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior etc (in any educational context). Use of those terms is not well understood in Britain, and most British English speakers would not understand what the term means.Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:11:31 -0500Fresher isn't a yankism, has been used in the uk for many decades.What IS a yankism is this "school prom" bag of ****.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30953173/oxford-college-bans-harmful-christian-union-from-freshers-fair?post_id=552955083#552955083Fresher isn't a yankism, has been used in the uk for many decades.What IS a yankism is this "school prom" bag of ****.Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:07:04 -0500"Freshers"...how the heck has this American terminology managed to infiltrate into ourEnglish language.First year University student has a far more colloquial ring to it.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30953173/oxford-college-bans-harmful-christian-union-from-freshers-fair?post_id=552955061#552955061"Freshers"...how the heck has this American terminology managed to infiltrate into ourEnglish language.First year University student has a far more colloquial ring to it.Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:03:09 -0500