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[Dennis R. Preston]

Ooooops! I forgot to explain that yuppies from Ann  Arbor write their town
name A2 (actually A+superscript 2) or "a-squared," somehow meant to mean
"AA." If they had come to The Moo U they would have learnt better math
skills. (If A=A, what squaring operation will yield the string AA? 0X0=0,
1X1=1, 2+2=4 ....).

dInIs

>That should be THE Moo-U to yuppies from A2 (who lovingly refer to their
>place as THE U, as if it were the only one in the world).
>
>dInIs
>
>>And my undergard alma mater, Michigan State University, once Michigan State
>>Agricultural College, is still called "Moo-U". Though usually only by U. of
>>Mich.
>>devotees.
>>
>>Bob
>>
>>Mark_Mandel at DRAGONSYS.COM wrote:
>>
>>> And my graduate-school alma mater, (the University of California at)
>>>Berserkely.
>>>
>>> -- Mark
>
>Dennis R. Preston
>Professor of Linguistics
>Department of Linguistics and Languages
>Michigan State University
>East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
>preston at pilot.msu.edu
>Office: (517)353-0740
>Fax: (517)432-2736

Dennis R. Preston
Professor of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Languages
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
preston at pilot.msu.edu
Office: (517)353-0740
Fax: (517)432-2736