[QUOTE=Skittl1321][QUOTE=doubletoe]Yes, we Americans often use words in a limited way compared to the English. I think we originally referred to "tuition" as a "tuition fee" and eventually dropped the "fee" part, causing the confusion.
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I feel bad continuing the thread jack, but I'm interested that people used to say "tuiton fee" as in a fee for the tuiton.
When I went to college (recently) we had tuition and fees. As in money paid for classes and money paid for everything else! They were two seperate things.
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Who knows, it could very well have been "tuition payment", "tuition fee" or anything to that effect, that eventually got shortened to just "tuition" as we stopped using that word in everyday speech to mean instruction or tutelage (another word you don't hear a lot). "Fee" has also taken on a rather specific meaning in the U.S. in recent years and now tends to refer to an charge that is in addition to the main service you're paying for. . . but not always. Okay, back to skating, LOL!
06-07-2006, 06:59 PM
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