Talk:Alma mater

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[edit] Redirect

Current version of the article is little more than a dictionary definition. I have redirected to List of Latin phrases#A. If/when someone has enough more to say to turn this into a full stand-alone article, please revert this redirect to the prior version. Rossami 21:46, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

Cleanup recommended. This article is all over the place. In definite need of disambiguation, reorganization. jareha 06:24, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

I've disambiguated this article. Would like to know if there's a consensus that cleanup is complete. jareha 00:45, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
Removed cleanup tag. jareha 22:38, 5 December 2005 (UTC)


[edit] latin usage

I was taught that latin often did not use capital letters- should we refer to it as 'alma mater', or am I missing something? :)

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[edit] Matriculation, from the Latin ???

I am confused, this page says

 "The word matriculation is derived from the Latin root word mater."

But the "matricualtion" page says

 "Matriculation, ..., from the Latin matrix" meaning "list" or "register"

Are they both right? How?

BTW, one of the old meanings of "matrix" appears to be "womb"

From the "mater" page

 māter (genitive mātris); f, third declension

At any rate, I'm confused - clarification would be appreiciated :)

Q Science 18:47, 18 April 2007 (UTC)


[edit] British English

I have never once heard this phrase being used in the UK Cls14 23:44, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

The OED has the following definition for Alma mater:
" A title given by the Romans to several goddesses, especially to Ceres and Cybele, and transferred in Eng. to Universities and schools regarded as ‘fostering mothers’ to their alumni."
(emphasis added). I would tend to trust the OED when it comes to British English. The term is commonly used in the second sense in all varieties of English. --PalaceGuard008 (Talk) 12:14, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] two universities, one alma mater?

Assume someone went to college at C University and then professional school at P University, business/law/medical/etc. (and assume that both schools are in e.g. the USA). Is C the only "alma mater" because e.g. generally a person has only one mother? (Of course we are merely speaking here of general usage, and any resulting general conclusion would always be subject to exceptions, e.g. where the person declared a greater affinity to P.) The article is basically silent on this question, and other reference sources i looked at left me with the question. Thanks. Bo99 (talk) 18:24, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Your alma mater is where you received your first undergradate degree. Graduate school/postgrad professional school doesn't count. - Maggie --74.14.110.185 (talk) 00:03, 29 April 2008 (UTC)