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Demicjusz Posted 21 years ago
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Geography/English/maths/drama CIRCLE/CLUB/...?

What do you call a group of pupils/students who hold regular meetings at their school (but after their lessons, in the afternoon/evening), devoted to a particular subject/activity?
  

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S. (where it's just math, not maths) we would call it a club; math club, drama club, etc. You might hear of a Ladies' Sewing Circle, but it sounds a bit old-fashioned.

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  • (where it's just math, not maths) we would call it a club; math club, drama club, etc.
  • You might hear of a Ladies' Sewing Circle, but it sounds a bit old-fashioned.
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In the U.S. (where it's just math, not maths) we would call it a club; math club, drama club, etc. You might hear of a Ladies' Sewing Circle, but it sounds a bit old-fashioned.
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Thanks for the answer.
Would 'circle' ONLY refer to sewing?
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I think you could use 'circle' with other things - drama circle, poetry circle, etc. - - 'book clubs' are popular now, and I could imagine one being called a book circle, but club is definitely more common. (My guess is that "sewing circle" stayed that way instead of becoming "sewing club" because of the alliteration.) I think its more common to use "circle" to describe a more loosely defined
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I think in UK this would be "a society"
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