Sunday, January 29, 2017

A linguistic irritant VII

Although it doesn't happen as often as it did decades ago, it still irks me when a journalist refers to a student as a pupil.  I always think, "That isn't wrong, but it's too archaic.  The pupil is part of the eye.  I've never heard any teacher or student refer to a student as a pupil."

Just refer to students as students, not pupils.