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  • R R Giskard Reventlov

    Nagy Vilmos wrote:

    A degree is awarded ungraded; this is very rarely used today.

    What do you mean? Sorry: that is not clear.

    me, me, me

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    Dalek Dave
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    There is... A Geoff (Geoff Hurst - First) A Cream (Cream Bun - Two One) A Desmond (Desmond Tutu - Two Two) A Richard (Richard the Third a Third) A Gentle (Gentlemans Degree - A Fourth) I got a Desmond.

    ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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    • L LittleYellowBird

      I know what a 'Desmond' is! :-D

      Ali

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      Dalek Dave
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      As I stated above, I got a Desmond

      ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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      • L leckey 0

        I prefer "Limey Bastard" to the English jack*** that I work with.

        Back in the blog beatch! http://CraptasticNation.blogspot.com/[^]

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        leckey wrote:

        I prefer "Limey Bastard" to the English jack*** that I work with.

        Yes, you see that's an American term for us. It would just sound odd if anyone else other than a Yank were to use that. The French call us 'Roast Beefs'. The Scottish call us - well they just call us anything that involves swearing. The Aussies - Poms... It seems that every country has a derogatory term for the English. This is how much we are loved by the others around the world. Makes you proud. :~

        "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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          leckey wrote:

          I prefer "Limey Bastard" to the English jack*** that I work with.

          Yes, you see that's an American term for us. It would just sound odd if anyone else other than a Yank were to use that. The French call us 'Roast Beefs'. The Scottish call us - well they just call us anything that involves swearing. The Aussies - Poms... It seems that every country has a derogatory term for the English. This is how much we are loved by the others around the world. Makes you proud. :~

          "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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          leckey 0
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          I've lived in AUS so that's where I picked it up. I've never heard anyone else in this part of the country use the term--then again, not too many Brits around here.

          Back in the blog beatch! http://CraptasticNation.blogspot.com/[^]

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          • R R Giskard Reventlov

            Nagy Vilmos wrote:

            A degree is awarded ungraded; this is very rarely used today.

            What do you mean? Sorry: that is not clear.

            me, me, me

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            Nagy Vilmos
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            A simple degree is pass only it has no grade. An honours degree has the class.


            Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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            • M Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

              Nope, Cannuck.

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              PIEBALDconsult
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              That doesn't look like a French Canadian name.

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                leckey wrote:

                I prefer "Limey Bastard" to the English jack*** that I work with.

                Yes, you see that's an American term for us. It would just sound odd if anyone else other than a Yank were to use that. The French call us 'Roast Beefs'. The Scottish call us - well they just call us anything that involves swearing. The Aussies - Poms... It seems that every country has a derogatory term for the English. This is how much we are loved by the others around the world. Makes you proud. :~

                "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                Brady Kelly
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                The saffers also use limey and pommie, as well as 'rooinek', a whole different meaning of redneck.

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                • P PIEBALDconsult

                  That doesn't look like a French Canadian name.

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                  leckey 0
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                  I always felt bad for one my friends from high school--her last name was Bad Yellow Hair. Yes, Native American, but none of the other stereotypes many people hold in this area.

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                  • M Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

                    What's a 2.1 Master's Degree? (surprisingly, google has yielded no relevant information)

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                    GuyThiebaut
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                    The standard classification for University degrees in the UK is as follows: 1 - Damien Hurst 2.1 - Shania Twain 2.2 - Desmond Tutu 3 - Thora Hurd(also known as a 'Gentleman's Degree')

                    Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
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                    • M Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

                      What's a 2.1 Master's Degree? (surprisingly, google has yielded no relevant information)

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                      It's the minor upgrade to a 2.0 Master's ... but still has some bugs that will be fixed in the 3.0 release.   :-D

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                      • N Nagy Vilmos

                        Just chickened with OU, they do first, upper and lower second, and third. So I'm guessing third and pass are the same on an honours course.


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                        Michael Bookatz
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                        No you get third then pass.

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                        • M Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

                          What's a 2.1 Master's Degree? (surprisingly, google has yielded no relevant information)

                          If the post was helpful, please vote, eh! Current activities: Book: Devils by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Project: Hospital Automation, final stage Learning: Image analysis, LINQ Now and forever, defiant to the end. What is Multiple Sclerosis[^]?

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                          Michael Bookatz
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                          From the fount of all knowledge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_undergraduate_degree_classification[^]

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                          • 1 1 21 Gigawatts

                            Oh ok. It's just weird having anyone else other than the drunken layabout convicts call us pomms.

                            "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                            Lost User
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                            Although it is true that Aussies more or less uniquely refer to the English as such, I beloieve the full phrase to be "Pommie Bastard"

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                            • M Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

                              What's a 2.1 Master's Degree? (surprisingly, google has yielded no relevant information)

                              If the post was helpful, please vote, eh! Current activities: Book: Devils by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Project: Hospital Automation, final stage Learning: Image analysis, LINQ Now and forever, defiant to the end. What is Multiple Sclerosis[^]?

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                              Mark_Wallace
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                              Never mind that! What's a nammadoo?

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                              • M Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

                                So, a 2.1 would be equal to say a "B"?

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                                Jane Williams
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                                Since a "B" is a grade you'd get in an "A" level or below: no. Was that a reference to some other degree-level grading system? If so, which one?

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                                  leckey wrote:

                                  I prefer "Limey Bastard" to the English jack*** that I work with.

                                  Yes, you see that's an American term for us. It would just sound odd if anyone else other than a Yank were to use that. The French call us 'Roast Beefs'. The Scottish call us - well they just call us anything that involves swearing. The Aussies - Poms... It seems that every country has a derogatory term for the English. This is how much we are loved by the others around the world. Makes you proud. :~

                                  "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                                  Chris Quinn
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                                  The Germans call us Insel Affen (Island Apes)

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