names for "C" schools"

[Kathleen E. Miller]

At 10:41 AM 8/7/02 -0400, Laurence Horn wrote:
>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".

I had the opposite experience. I went to the University of Dallas.
My father is an alumnus of the University of Delaware.
His alma mater was always called U of D, and mine, UD.
But, I recently received an Alumni Notes email calling my school the U of
D. Looked very strange to me.

Katy


Kathleen E. Miller
Research Assistant to William Safire
The New York Times