names for "C" schools"

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:19 PM -0400 8/6/02, Frank Abate wrote:
>Jesse S said:
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>Chicago is always called "U of C". Isn't Cal called "Cal" or
>"Berkeley" or "UCLA" or something?
>
>Jesse "'89" Sheidlower
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>And Univ of Cincinnati is always called "UC" by locals.  Are there others to
>chime in for Colorado, etc.?
>
These are subject to change.  When I attended the University of
Rochester in the 1960's it was always "the U of R", and anyone
abbreviating differently was corrected.  Visiting there this summer I
was surprised to hear the tour guide and information session leader
referring to "UR".

Larry