USC

[Roger Shuy]

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> Poster:       "Bethany K. Dumas" <dumasb at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: USC
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> On Sun, 10 Sep 2006, Laurence Horn wrote:
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>> principles based on what can be taken for granted where, e.g. the
>> rules for "USC" above, or for "OSU", where the O marks Ohio, Oregon,
>> or Oklahoma, depending on where you be).
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> Yes, region certainly matters. For instance, here in Knoxville we refer
> to the university in Austin, TX, as "the other UT." (They probably don't
> even mention us in Austin.)
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> Bethany
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And out here in Montana, MSU means only Montana State U, not Michigan State
U. And on another place name track, I've also discovered that I can't say
that I moved here from "Washington" (meaning DC). People here think I mean
Seattle.
--Roger

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